A large number of my colleagues use Twitter as a classroom tool to keep in touch with parents, share information, and create a welcoming & transparent environment. This is a quick tutorial I made for my staff to help ensure their class Twitter accounts stay safe and secure. This small presentation will hopefully serve as a quick visual tutorial for recognizing the good from the bad, and more importantly how to tell if a trusted sender has been compromised.

1. KNOW YOUR TWITTER
SPAM
A Guide to Avoiding CompromisingYourTwitter Account
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2. SPAMMY DM
A message arrives like this, from a trusted source...
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3. SPAMMYTWEET
A tweet is posted like this, from a trusted source...
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4. CLICKINGTHE LINK GETSTHIS
Looks like aTwitter login page doesn’t it?
It’s not
Do Not Enter Any Information!
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5. THE WARNING SIGNS
The address is not a twitter.com address
The sight is not secure (no lock or https)
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6. A REALTWITTER LOGIN PAGE
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7. NOTICETHE SECURE ADDRESS
The lock means the site is secure
The “s” in https means the site is secure
The fact twitter.com is in the address means it is the right place
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8. HOWTHIS WORKS
• These spammer/hacker DM links work like this:
• they direct you to their site
• you “sign in” giving them your username & password
• they now have access to your account
• they use your account & Follows send more spam
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9. KEEP IN MIND
• Remember:
• no harm in getting the DM
• no reputable DM will ever say “click here and enter your
password”
• never enter your password on an untrusted site
• verify the site by looking at the address bar
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10. IFYOU DO GET
COMPROMISED
• It happens, no one is completely immune
• Log in toTwitter at the main address (twitter.com)
• Change your password immediately
• Post aTweet letting your Followers know you were
compromised, to ignore the spammy tweets & DMs from your
account, and suggest they change their passwords too
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11. Created by Mr. Casal, 1/2014
CREDITS
Created by Chris Casal
ComputerTeacher,Technology Coordinator, and PS10.org Google Apps Administrator
PS10 - 15K010
ccasal@ps10.org / ccasal@schools.nyc.gov
@mr_casal
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