Empowering Digital Safety.
Supporting Mental Well-Being.
I am an independent advocate dedicated to sharing essential digital hygiene practices, raising awareness about cybercrimes like sextortion, and connecting you to professional lifelines when you need them most.
Turning Awareness Into Advocacy
What is Digital Hygiene?
Explain it in everyday terms: just as we wash our hands to stay physically healthy, we must maintain digital hygiene to keep our personal lives secure.
Essential Personal Checklist:
- Passphrases Over Passwords: Use diceware passphrases rather than short, complex words. Utilize a secure password manager.
- Lock the Front Door (2FA): Enable Two-Factor Authentication across all social media (Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok) and email accounts.
- Tighten Your Circles: Restrict friends and followers lists. Never accept friend requests from people you do not know in real life.
- Spot the Fakes: Educate yourself on bot behaviors and fake profiles (pointing to MIT’s Detect Fakes program).
Curated Learning Links:
- TCEA Digital Safety: Classroom and community safety guides (TCEA Blog).
- VA Cyber Spot: Navigating social media safely (VA Digital).
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Diceware: Step-by-step instructions for creating secure, memorable passphrases with dice (EFF Diceware Guide)
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