Math 1111: Cryptography

Try to avoid opening emails from senders you don't 100% trust and know. Also, routinely check your PC using some kind of antivirus or data scrubbing software to ensure your system hasn't accrued keyloggers or malware that might give bad actors sensitive personal information.

Schools have a responsibility to protect your information, but it can be vulnerable to release or data breaches. Be careful when giving out personal information and try to educate yourself on your rights as a student so that you can best protect yourself.

Even when college students use computer or electronic devices that belong to the school, any websites they visit, links they download, and videos they watch can offer behavioral information and data that is directly tied to that student's profile, and thus them too. It's important to be aware of this fact, and realize that whatever privacy you think that Mac in the back of the library offers you is in reality nonexistent. That Mac is uploading your data to the Cloud every minute you use it, and it's important to track and understand that your online information is being sent, without your consent, to other entities. So, be careful with what you search up next time.

It is possible to have security, but not privacy, so although you believe your data may be secure, your privacy can be being invaded. You wouldn't know by who, so the best thing to do for now until privacy is better regulated is to be mindful of what you are doing on the internet.