Uploaded October 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
It’s a wild and scary internet out there. To some degree your online security is not entirely in your own control—a major data breach by a site that you use can expose your personal information. But there are some common-sense steps you can use to stay safe online.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
It’s a wild and scary internet out there. To some degree your online security is not entirely in your own control—a major data breach by a site that you use can expose your personal information. But there are some common-sense steps you can use to stay safe online.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.










