1 00:00:00,750 --> 00:00:10,410 If you're watching this right now, my powers of deduction tell me that there's about a 100% chance that you use the internet. 2 00:00:12,490 --> 00:00:13,830 I'm so smart. 3 00:00:14,550 --> 00:00:17,589 Thanks for logging on to YouTube today and checking out Wellcast. 4 00:00:17,789 --> 00:00:19,050 We're super glad you're here. 5 00:00:19,510 --> 00:00:26,050 And since you've already conveniently placed yourself online, we're going to talk to you today about internet safety. 6 00:00:26,050 --> 00:00:41,950 Now, wait a minute, okay, before you roll your eyes and say, my mom told me all about internet safety already, or my surf instructor explained to me the dangers of leaving information on the internet, just hear me out, alright? 7 00:00:42,729 --> 00:00:48,810 We spend a lot of time on the internet here at Wellcast, and we give pretty awesome advice, I think you'll agree. 8 00:00:49,049 --> 00:00:55,490 So today, we're going to give you our top four things that you absolutely need to know about internet safety. 9 00:00:56,049 --> 00:00:56,689 Are you ready? 10 00:00:57,649 --> 00:01:00,909 Tip 1. The internet is forever. 11 00:01:01,369 --> 00:01:03,149 Ever. Ever. Ever. 12 00:01:03,810 --> 00:01:05,069 That was all in-house. 13 00:01:06,549 --> 00:01:10,010 No joke. Anything that you put on the internet, no matter how old, 14 00:01:10,109 --> 00:01:13,769 could be there until you have grandchildren of your own who will be Googling you. 15 00:01:14,189 --> 00:01:17,030 I mean, if Google is even still a thing in 40 years. 16 00:01:17,030 --> 00:01:19,510 I mean, who knows? Maybe Bing can make a great comeback. 17 00:01:20,069 --> 00:01:21,090 So what do you do? 18 00:01:21,709 --> 00:01:25,069 Well, start by Googling your name, your phone number, your address, 19 00:01:25,069 --> 00:01:27,769 just to find out what's really floating around out there. 20 00:01:28,250 --> 00:01:29,329 Plus, it's kind of fun. 21 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:32,469 If you're on social media, and who isn't, 22 00:01:33,109 --> 00:01:35,469 use the strictest privacy settings out there. 23 00:01:36,230 --> 00:01:39,689 Tip two, don't put personal information online. 24 00:01:40,510 --> 00:01:45,629 73% of teens and 68% of young adults are on social networking sites. 25 00:01:46,170 --> 00:01:49,310 Of those people, roughly half post personal information. 26 00:01:49,750 --> 00:01:51,730 Phone numbers, addresses, emails. 27 00:01:52,310 --> 00:01:53,069 Don't do that. 28 00:01:53,069 --> 00:01:57,930 But if you do, it leaves you open for attacks from either cyber bullies or just some weird 29 00:01:57,930 --> 00:02:00,030 folks who want to take advantage of you. 30 00:02:00,030 --> 00:02:05,250 Do yourself a favor and ask a trusted friend what private information they can see on your 31 00:02:05,250 --> 00:02:06,250 sites. 32 00:02:06,250 --> 00:02:09,030 If you're not happy with the answer, remove it. 33 00:02:09,030 --> 00:02:10,030 Tip 3. 34 00:02:10,030 --> 00:02:12,270 Don't forget about smartphone safety. 35 00:02:12,270 --> 00:02:17,210 In an era of smartphones, cyber safety should extend to your phone too, especially when 36 00:02:17,210 --> 00:02:19,129 it comes to tech safety. 37 00:02:19,129 --> 00:02:22,849 Remember how your parents warned you about accepting car rides from strangers? 38 00:02:22,849 --> 00:02:27,509 Alright, don't accept phone calls or texts from strangers either. 39 00:02:27,509 --> 00:02:31,069 Only answer texts and phone calls from your contact list. 40 00:02:31,069 --> 00:02:32,250 Tip 4. 41 00:02:32,250 --> 00:02:36,990 Handle Hacking Intelligently Part of being a member of the World Wide Web 42 00:02:36,990 --> 00:02:42,009 is being aware that no matter how careful you are, your account may get hacked. 43 00:02:42,009 --> 00:02:43,849 Getting hacked sucks. 44 00:02:43,849 --> 00:02:47,750 But it isn't the end of the world, and there are a few important things to do when you 45 00:02:47,750 --> 00:02:53,629 get hacked to ensure your safety a change that password and make the new 46 00:02:53,629 --> 00:03:00,129 one secure make it unpredictable according to a CBS article password was 47 00:03:00,129 --> 00:03:10,229 the most popular password of 2012 followed by 1 2 3 4 5 6 people we can do 48 00:03:10,229 --> 00:03:14,509 better than this if you're really going for all-out cyber safety and you should 49 00:03:14,509 --> 00:03:18,909 check to see if your email service provides two-step verification it's not 50 00:03:18,909 --> 00:03:24,169 impossible but that is a hard nut to crack B check your sent box and let any 51 00:03:24,169 --> 00:03:27,949 affected people know that you were spammed especially if your account sent 52 00:03:27,949 --> 00:03:32,870 out a phishing link your friends deserve to know what's up see do a sweep of your 53 00:03:32,870 --> 00:03:37,669 computer with antivirus software all right odds are not only did you send 54 00:03:37,669 --> 00:03:42,110 something nasty out to your friends you might have something nasty lurking in 55 00:03:42,110 --> 00:03:49,210 the recesses of your hard drive. D. Back up your files. If there's a virus your computer doesn't 56 00:03:49,210 --> 00:03:55,349 catch, you don't want to lose everything. Okay, backing up files is totally a chore, but you'll 57 00:03:55,349 --> 00:04:00,409 be really happy you did it. Go ahead and invest in a cheap portable hard drive and keep it somewhere 58 00:04:00,409 --> 00:04:07,569 safe. To recap, remember these points. One, anything you put on the internet will be there for a very 59 00:04:07,569 --> 00:04:14,009 long time believe me i've thought a lot about this two your personal information shouldn't be 60 00:04:14,009 --> 00:04:20,870 visible to everybody three do not accept phone calls or texts from strange numbers and four if 61 00:04:20,870 --> 00:04:25,949 you're hacked change your password check that sent box and clean off your hard drive asap 62 00:04:25,949 --> 00:04:38,889 well that's all from me today well casters would you do me a kindness subscribe to our channel 63 00:04:39,310 --> 00:04:42,350 Sign up for our newsletter to receive sneak peeks and other awesome stuff. 64 00:04:42,629 --> 00:04:43,089 See you later!