Understanding Your Digital Footprint

The video tutorial explains the concept of a digital footprint, highlighting its permanence and the impact it can have on one's online reputation. It discusses both the benefits, such as building a personal brand, and the risks, like data misuse. The tutorial provides four tips for managing one's digital footprint: understanding what it says about you, managing privacy settings, controlling cookies, and thinking before sharing online. These strategies help ensure a positive and secure online presence.

What is a digital footprint?

• A type of online advertisement

• A digital currency

• A record of your physical movements

• A history of your online activities

Why is it important to be aware of your digital footprint?

• It has no impact on your personal brand

• It can be easily erased

• It can affect your online reputation

• It is only visible to you

How can a positive digital footprint benefit you?

• By making your data private

• By reducing online advertisements

• By enhancing your personal brand

• By increasing your internet speed

What is a potential risk of having a digital footprint?

• It can be used to improve app services

• It can be shared with others without your consent

• It can increase your social media followers

• It can make your internet connection slower

What should you do to understand your digital footprint?

• Search for your name online

• Delete all your social media accounts

• Only use private browsing

• Avoid using the internet

How can you control who sees your online information?

• By changing your email address

• By using a different browser

• By using a VPN

• By modifying privacy settings

What are cookies in the context of web browsing?

• A form of online currency

• A type of malware

• A browser extension

• Small files that store your browsing data

What can you do to manage cookies?

• Install an ad blocker

• Use a different search engine

• Limit or block them in browser settings

• Delete your browsing history

Why is it important to think before sharing online?

• Because it reduces your data usage

• Because it increases your internet speed

• Because it becomes part of your permanent digital footprint

• Because it can be easily deleted

What should you consider before posting something online?

• If it will make you money

• If it will go viral

• If you are comfortable with it being public forever

• If it will increase your followers