I believe that with the way technology is progressing and the way that generations are growing up learning about new technology and how to work it is going to cause for a lot more hacking on devices. There are already hackers out there that steal information for fun, to gain financial information, and to steal identities but the more technology progresses, the easier it's going to be for hackers to gain access to information. That's why I believe it is so important for teachers to educate students about the dangers or sharing personal information online. I know that it is very easy to hack websites and other platforms using a pc because I have seen it done before and it's very easy to access the information needed to hack in a few clicks and downloads. Teaching students about digital citizenship is so important so that they are aware of the dangers and so they can prevent being hacked. One of the things I worry about so much is one of my students being hacked and then tracked down and taken. Information online makes this so easy to happen and it happens so often today. This is why I want to protect my students and teach them about the dangers and ways to protect themselves through digital privacy.

I think that this is so important to teach to students. This spam hacking can occur to anyone, even adults, because people are getting so good at mimicking real forms of texts and emails as would be seen by legit companies. I know that my mother and my grandparents have both been victims to spam messaging hackers and have given information to these people. As teachers, we need to inform students about the characteristics of spam and scam messages so that they do not give information out to these people. This has been seen by myself over text, email, and even on social media apps. It's only going to keep getting worse and these hackers are going to find more ways for people to click on their links by making their messages more believable. Digital citizenship is extremely important to teach to our students so that they do not click on these links. I never click on anything sent by text or email if it looks fake and I will wait for the actual business to call me or send me a piece of mail. This I believe is a great thing to teach kids as well as telling them to call the business and talk to a worker on the phone to see if the message they received was real or fake.

This is so important it's not something I ever considered or worried about when thinking of privacy and security. I never read the "terms and conditions" when getting on to new apps or websites. I didn't think about how I could be agreeing to things that I would never agree to if someone asked me directly. This could not only be harmful to me, but to family and friends too because their information could be embedded into what I allowed access to. This caused me to think about how I can say something or see something and an ad for that specific thing pops up on my social media or google account right after. I'm agreeing for social media accounts to listen and look at everything on my device and share it with people. This is scary to think about, especially for young children. Anyone could hack into these accounts and get information about everything dealing with a child's life. As educators, we need to be cautious about reading the terms and conditions and we need to teach our students to be cautious of them too for their safety.