Avoid+Filter+Bubbles

Homework in Preparation of this Lesson
Watch the following movie and answer the questions in the Google Form below. media type="custom" key="22759250"

Questions:
__Think about these: __ What is a filter? What does it mean when a person is referred to as being in a bubble?

Did you know that your browsing experience is being tailored to fit with what Google, Facebook and others? Do you think it should be? Why or Why not?

Who might be watching what you do online? Now that you've had a chance to think about it, what might you be missing out on? What might others be finding out about you? Do you think there is a way to fix this problem? How?


 * Let's Share Our Ideas!**



Answer the questions in this Google Form. (Can't see the Google Form? Log in to your abc-net account and refresh this page.) media type="custom" key="22761684"

Today you will work in the following areas: > Chrome Firefox Safari IE Chrome Firefox Safari IE
 * 1) Erase Browsing History
 * 1) Get rid of the cookies
 * 2) Go incognito

Here is a list of other things you can do. During the remainder of the lesson you will try out some of these techniques for removing your filter bubble.


 * 1) Tell Facebook to keep your data private
 * 2) Log out of your accounts when searching, example Google and Google Chrome.
 * 3) Turn off ads that have been targeted for you.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Install Google’s [|Keep My Opt-Outs] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">extension for Chrome
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Enable IE9’s [|Tracking Protection.]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Enable Firefox’s [|Do Not Track option.]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Enable Safari’s [|Tracking Protection.]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Go anonymous using sites like Torproject.org.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Depersonalise your browser The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) makes it easy to see how unique your settings are [|here] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. And they give some good guidelines on how to make your settings harder to track [|here] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Filter Bubble Quiz <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (This quiz will be enabled by your teacher when it is to be administered. You must be logged into your abc email account to access it.)