Celebrity Speakers

We were very lucky to be joined by Maddie Moate and Luke Franks who have earned thousands of fans on social media. Maddie and Luke gave a talk to the group about how you can stay safe and private while using social media.

Geotagging Workshop

AVG’s own Tony Anscombe then led the group in an interactive sessions to demonstrate just how much they might be sharing online without realizing. In a few simple steps it is possible to find out some very personal information about a complete stranger using nothing but a few public websites.

Social Media Session

In his final session, Tony gave some easy to follow advice on how we can all stay safer while using social media and debunked a myth that messages sent over apps like Snapchat cannot be saved.

Interview:

Two primary school children, Felix and Tom conducted an interview with our two celebrity guests. They quizzed them on everything from technology addiction to online safety. You can read the full interview here.

Tips:

After a long day discussing Internet safety, here are some of the best tips raised in our session:

• Always turn off location tagging when using photo sharing apps like Instagram.
• When sharing a post on Facebook, always check to see who will be able to see it.
• Never share any inappropriate images of yourself, even on apps like Snapchat. There are always ways to save the images.
• Don’t open an email attachment from an unrecognised sender, even if it has your name on it.
• Using a tool like AVG PrivacyFix can be an easy way to control your settings across several networks.

If you have any tips on how to stay safe on social media, let us know on our Facebook community.