Assignment: Digital Dossier
Digital Dossier: The amount of personal information available on the internet is frightening. Anonymous users can discover your name, DOB, place of address (with a photo), email address(es), dating profiles, phone number, likes, dislike, family relatives, social media accounts, and photos ...the list goes on and on. Using Google, https://inteltechniques.com/menu.html, or other tools, research the information available on yourself. Try to find all the information listed above (make sure to list the sites you found it on) and then answer these questions: What are the advantages and disadvantages (or dangers) of these tools? Were you aware that this information was online? Does knowledge of this information on these sites make you vulnerable? What steps could you take to make this information harder to obtain?
Background: The amount of personal information available on the Internet is frightening. Anonymous users can discover your name, DOB, place of address (with photo), email address(es), dating profiles, phone number, likes, dislike, family relatives, social media accounts, and photos ...the list goes on and on.
Requirements: Using osintframework website, or other tools (ex. Google), research the information available on yourself. Try to find all of the information listed above (even if some of it might be inaccurate) and make sure to list the sites (URLs) you found it on. If you cannot find a specific information, explain what you tried to do in order to find it. Then, answer these four questions:
What are the advantages and disadvantages (or dangers) of these tools?
Were you aware that this information was online?
Does knowledge of this information on these sites make you vulnerable?
What steps could you take to make this information harder to obtain? (give example of actual, specific steps)
There is no specific number of pages for this assignment. It has to have enough pages to prove your point and to cover all the requirements.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.