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“Games can often extract sensitive information about a person, such as their first job, their first car, or their mother’s maiden name.
Oversharing on social media threatens your online security, warns Dan Lin.
“We cannot go out and socialize during this pandemic, so people are turning to social media to share what is going on with their lives,” says Lin, an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and director of the I-Privacy Laboratory at the College of Engineering at the University of Missouri. “But it can be risky.”
Before a person decides to play along with the latest social media challenge, or post a picture of their family home, Lin says to consider the following three things:”
Games Are No Joke
Beware of What You Share
Can AI boost social media security?
READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE: https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2020/05/those-facebook-challenges-can-expose-you-hackers/165070/
With Google Meet there is an option to use a Shortcut. This stays the same from session to session and makes it easy for everyone to get into the class.
HOWEVER: the shortcuts only work if you are CURRENTLY logged into your MDS Google account on that device. If you are not, the session can’t be found.
On a web browser pointed to meet.google.com, loot at the top right corner of the window.
If you see an icon with your initial [or something similar], then you are logged in. Click the icon to see what account you are logged into.
If you are NOT logged in, then you should see a “signin” link at the top right.
On the iPad app, click the “hamburger menu” [three horizontal lines] at the top left. At the top there should be something which indicates which account is logged in, if any.
Clicking there will allow you to log into a different google account.
[You can have multiple google accounts to switch between.]
Do not use a slight difficulty getting into the class as an excuse. You have multiple ways to get into the class. Use them all, and as always, stay in touch with your teacher.