A digital footprint can affect a person’s life in both ways bad and good, depends on what digital footprints the person left. For Example, if a person visited illegal sites or even worse, made an account for them, that person might face serious trouble when applying for a job since he/she are obviously going to be researched and checked and if they are exposed, they will not get a job and might even be reported to the police. If a person left a good digital footprint like how-to guides for people or something like a cancer research, others will appreciate them and that person might even get a special offer for something.

To keep your digital footprint appropriate and safe, avoid visiting illegal or inappropriate sites as well as strange sites that don’t seem safe (use your common sense), avoid creating accounts on these types of websites and avoid having too much contact with other people online because there might be a lot scammers who can drag you into something bad.

I have learned that a digital footprint can be dangerous and helpful at the same time depends on what kind of footprint it is. We can pass that on to the next generations by giving made-up examples of bad footprint results and good footprint results.