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  1. Apr 2023
    1. Complex passwords that are eight characters or longer and include a combination of upper/lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols are a great first step for keeping your information secure.

      In the schools I have worked in, this has not been an issue for most students because they receive a strong password from the school, and in elementary they just receive a QR code to scan for their password. I think the more important thing to teach about digital citizenship is the sharing of passwords, as it is much more likely to be an issue among students.

    2. Spam messages, in the form of emails and texts, are “unsolicited commercial messages” sent either to advertise a new product or to trick people into sharing sensitive information through a process called phishing (more about phishing below).

      I think that spam and phishing are extremely important to teach when teaching students about digital citizenship. I personally have seen more and more convincing spam messages over time, and students new to technology need to be taught to recognize the strategies used by scammers.

    3. While some applications require certain device permissions to support functionality—for example, your camera app will most likely need to access your phone’s storage to save the photos and videos you capture—other permissions are questionable.

      I think that this is important to consider for a couple of reasons. The first being that most people just click agree without thinking. I know I am guilty of doing this before. Which leads to my second point that students are probably less likely to think about permissions. This is a point that when I teach digital citizenship I will make sure to emphasize.