MEPX
Chapter 4 of 10All chapters
  1. 1What the risks actually are
  2. 2Browsing safely
  3. 3Protecting accounts
  4. 4What you share
  5. 5Children and teenagers
  6. 6Devices and networks
  7. 7Recognising phishing
  8. 8Privacy in practice
  9. 9Harassment and unwanted contact
  10. 10A short checklist

Chapter 4 of 10

What you share

Permanence and aggregation.

Aggregation

Individually harmless details combine into a profile: a pet's name, a school, a birthday, a street view. Those are exactly the answers security questions ask for.

  • Turn off location tagging on photos of home.
  • Assume anything posted may be screenshotted and outlive deletion.

Settings drift

Privacy settings change when platforms update. A review once a year catches defaults that quietly widened.