Think before Clicking! This presentation covers the basics of what We as Common People can do to protect ourselves online. Also, How mozilla products help us do that in an easy and trusted way.

2. Privacy and Security
Ankit Mehta

3. Structured Data
• 2.7 Zetabytes of data exist in the digital universe today
• Facebook stores, accesses, and analyzes 30+ Petabytes of user
generated data
• More than 5 billion people are calling, texting, tweeting and
browsing on mobile phones worldwide
• In 2008, Google was processing 20,000 terabytes of data (20
petabytes) a day

4. Unstructured Data
• YouTube users upload 48 hours of new video every minute of
the day
• 571 new websites are created every minute of the day
• 100 terabytes of data uploaded daily to Facebook
• 30 Billion pieces of content shared on Facebook every month

5. More than 200 billion HD movies – which would take a person 47m years to watch

6. DATA PRODUCTION WILL BE 44 TIMES GREATER IN
2020 THAN IT WAS IN 2009

7. What information is shared by users ?

8. • Photos and other media
• Age and gender
• Biographical information (education, employment
history, hometown, etc.)
• Status updates
• Contacts
• Interests
• Geographical location

9. Who can see you?

10. • Advertisers
• Third-party software developers
• Identity Thieves
• Other online criminals

11. Privacy and security problems
• Behavioral Advertising
• Social Engineering
• Third-Party Applications on Social Networks
• Malware
• Identity Theft
• Cookies
• Revealing unwanted information for Jobseekers

12. Solutions

13. • Use a strong password
• Keep strong antivirus and spyware protection
• Provide only information that is necessary
• Be careful when you click on shortened links
• Never provide a work-associated email to a social network

14. • Be very cautious of pop-up windows
• Don’t publicize vacation plans, especially
the dates you’ll be traveling
• Don’t post your address, phone number or
email address on a social network
• Keep checking your privacy settings

15. Enable and Disable Cookies

16. about:permissions
about:privatebrowsing

17. HTTP
vs
HTTPS

19. Please read the privacy policies
carefully before signing up

20. Questions?

21. Ankit Mehta
ankit@iankit.ooo
@metankit
Firefox Student Ambassador