Blogging Safe

As we find ourselves using the internet for more ventures in our lives we need to take a step back and think what is under the hood of all these activities. Safe blogging definitely needs to be considered as we move forward in the authoring of our lives via this vehicle we call blogging. Buzz.blogger has a section on safe browsing. Within this page it speaks on some of the basics of blogging safer, from what to do if you suspect fraudulent activities to precautions to take before such activity has taken place.

So say your defense was not that good and you find yourself, the quarter back in this epic game of blogging, playing for the unbeatable team we call USU, on the verge of being sacked by the lesser yet somehow at this moment in time better positioned player of U of U (clearly these are not real life examples, and i am not in any way speculating on the idea that USU is this epic power house which can't be stopped...moving right along). What do you do in a situation like this? Well EFF or the Electronic Frontier Foundation has some good pointer should you find yourself in a situation such as this. One of the most important things that I found within their website was the idea of blogging anonymously. Regardless if one or one thousand people visit your page this is an important rule to follow.

A last resource worth looking into is called 'get safe online'. This site gives a very useful checklist of things we should consider while creating and mainting a blog. From the simpler things like not giving out personal information such as your credit card number to things we might not think about such as disclosing information like what school you may go to (Oooops!). The point is simply to be aware of these things and how they can have an affect on your life. You can't make decisions about blogging safe unless you understand how to do so yourself!

~AB~

Sources:
https://www.eff.org/wp/blog-safely
http://www.getsafeonline.org/social-networking/blogging/
http://buzz.blogger.com/2010/10/safe-browsing-on-blogger.html