Digital Tattoo

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Digital Tattoo

I created a Data Mine before for my previous class and it did open my eyes to how much information is out there about myself. This time around I decided to complete the privacy check on my accounts. Now I always thought I was a very private person and that you cannot see anything on my account unless we are friends. I first started with Facebook
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because that is what I use the most. One setting that I know was in place was that nothing can get posted to my page without my approval. I have had this setting for the longest time and I believe it was right after high school that I changed it. At this time I also went through and deleted a BUNCH of photos from my high school years from my page. Now I know that these photos will also be out there, it made me feel better to know that it will take people a little longer to find them. I also looked into SnapChat and Instagram's privacy setting, and I did not need to change anything on these settings everything I post is only visible to my followers. On thing I noticed that was interesting on Instagram was the "your activity" section which I never knew existed! This feature allows you to see your daily average you spend on the app. I spent an average of 14 minutes a day on the app. I was then able to see day to day within the week and one day I was on the app for 33 minutes! What was I possibly looking at?!?! There was a setting that would allow me to set time limits for the amount of usage I want to have be allowed which I thought was interesting. This interesting find brought me to search how much time people actually spend on social media. Here is an article with infographics that was interesting. 

Reasons

One main reason I made sure nothing would appear on my page without my approval is because of my job. I always knew I wanted to be a teacher and I did not want anything to
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get in the way of it. I want to continue to approve anything that can get posted to my page because this is MY digital tattoo and if I don't want people to know where I am or what I am doing I have that right. One thing I also made sure to change was my display name. I use an abbreviated first name with my middle name just to try and make it harder for me to be searched from parents, administration or students. Its so funny, I got married and within a week I changed my name to my full name on Facebook. I was getting so many likes and then I thought wait, I had my name hidden because I don't want to be found....why should it matter now, so I changed it back!

Changes 

Some changes I made which I am SOOO happy I did was changing "Who can see my friends list?" from everyone to just my friends. I also changed who can view my phone number to friends of friends to I completely deleted my number in general. I had no idea my number was even there! I also edited the information of who can view my Skype name and my email addresses to no one. These changes also made me realize that every little detail you add to Facebook has its own privacy settings. For example, each job and school I had on my account could be placed on its own privacy setting which to me, I thought it would all be on one setting together. I have also noticed how often I use the "save your password" features on my phone and computers. When I went to change some of these settings it required me to put in my password which made me think about what it would be because I NEVER actually type it in. This made my think how safe is this?? If someone took my computer they would have access to everything! This is something I am thinking about changing. All of these changes are made to hide information from people that I do not want them to have such easy access too. I understand it was once out there, its out there. My whole point was to make it harder for people to find information out about me. 


Comments

  1. NMZumpanoFebruary 6, 2019 at 1:52 PM

    Thanks for the reflective posts. This is one of those "I should do that" tasks that we never quite get around to. I'm glad you found the activity useful this week.

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  2. ElizabethFebruary 7, 2019 at 5:21 PM

    Amanda,

    I also did a data mine in a previous class and decided to check up on my privacy settings. Like you, I had most of my accounts set to private already, but it was nice to go back and double check that this was still the case. You make and interesting point about not having your full name on your account. For a while, I had my first and middle name as my account name, but then changed it back to my first and last name. I was finding that with my first and middle name it was almost too hard to find me. I still wanted friends to be able to find me, so I kept it with my last name. I do have mine set that only friends or friends can find me, which makes it impossible for parents to find me unless their friends with someone I know.

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  3. UnknownFebruary 7, 2019 at 8:24 PM

    Amanda:
    I didn't know that there was a time on Instagram! Looks like I only spend about 8 minutes on that app. I go in waves when I am on social media. I even set the setting to less to 10 minutes a day. Let's see if I can do it! I liked that you decided to put your name on facebook. I thought, people are going to find me through mutual friends that I might as well keep my last name on there. I also think that Facebook isn't as popular as it used to be. People go on Facebook because they want to know what you are up to verus just having another "friend" on facebook.

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  4. CorinneFebruary 11, 2019 at 9:06 AM

    Hi!

    Thanks for your post about Facebook privacy settings. I have been off of that platform for a couple years and the recent data breaches and Cambridge Analytica scandal have motivated me to stay off but it was interesting to read about their privacy settings. I can see why they would want to have the user determine privacy settings for each individual bit of personal data as it offers more flexibility. However, it also creates more work for the user and perhaps discourages users from actively managing their privacy settings. I think it's a great idea to approve posts before they are posted on your Facebook wall. I'm sure potential employers do at least a cursory Google search of potential candidates and it's important to maintain a purposeful digital footprint. - Corinne

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  5. JakeFebruary 12, 2019 at 6:05 PM

    Hey Amanda, I too did some serious self-reflection once I started getting "screen time" updates on my phone that told me how much I was using each app. I felt embarrassed at how much time I spent looking at my phone, and figured it had to be bad for my eyes. It's nice to have that reminder of what a time waster smart phones can be, and I have since deleted a few apps that were no longer sparking joy for me.

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