Risks of sharing photos online
o Location
When you upload a photo to Facebook using a smartphone it will reveal the
location of the photo
Depending on settings your friends and everyone on Facebook could then
know that you are on a beach
If you’re not home this could be an invitation for somebody to break in
o Personal Information
If you include a house number in the picture, people that can see the picture
can work out where you live
o Bullies can
Post embarrassing photos of target for all of their followers to see
Tag the target on a disgusting photo
Add a mean hashtag under a photo you post
Create a fake account in someone else’s name
Post private text messages
Blackmail
o You form relationship with someone online who you share videos with but they turn
out to be a criminal
o You take your clothes off and then you get blackmailed
o You could receive demands for money otherwise you could get hurt
Sexting
o 30% of teenagers engage in sexting
Happy Slapping
o The first offence is assault
Filming somebody while they are being beaten up
o The second offence is harassment
o If the videos are uploaded to the internet it could be against the
telecommunications law
o Location
When you upload a photo to Facebook using a smartphone it will reveal the
location of the photo
Depending on settings your friends and everyone on Facebook could then
know that you are on a beach
If you’re not home this could be an invitation for somebody to break in
o Personal Information
If you include a house number in the picture, people that can see the picture
can work out where you live
o Bullies can
Post embarrassing photos of target for all of their followers to see
Tag the target on a disgusting photo
Add a mean hashtag under a photo you post
Create a fake account in someone else’s name
Post private text messages
Blackmail
o You form relationship with someone online who you share videos with but they turn
out to be a criminal
o You take your clothes off and then you get blackmailed
o You could receive demands for money otherwise you could get hurt
Sexting
o 30% of teenagers engage in sexting
Happy Slapping
o The first offence is assault
Filming somebody while they are being beaten up
o The second offence is harassment
o If the videos are uploaded to the internet it could be against the
telecommunications law
