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Photos and videos add to your footprint

When you share a photo or video, a copy is stored online and joins your digital footprint. It can show details about you, like your face, school or street, even if you delete it later.

Part of: ACARA Digital Technologies Years 5–6 — Digital Footprints — Module 4

Understanding Photos and videos add to your footprint in ACARA Digital Technologies Years 5–6

What it does: Photos other people post of you also become part of your digital footprint, because a copy is stored online. Signs, uniforms and buildings can show your school. This adds details about you to your footprint.

Common mistakes: When you upload a photo, a copy is stored online. So copy_stored_online should be TRUE. A photo of your school can show your uniform and logo. Those details are shared, so the line should be details_shared ← shows.

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Learning
Duo
You upload a photo of yourself to a class photo site. What happens to it?
A copy is stored online and becomes part of your digital footprintIt stays only on your device and leaves no footprint
Matches
delete(photo) # now it is gone forever
↓
Deleting a photo does not always remove every copy. Others may have saved or shared it, so it can stay part of your footprint.
Applying
Meanings
Term
Photo footprint
Meaning
When you share a photo or video, a copy is stored online and joins your digital footprint. It can show details about you, like your face, school or street, even if you delete it later.
Practice
A photo I share is stored online.
Testing
Gaps
(photo)
Check Answer
Spots
2upload(photo)
3copy_stored_online ← FALSE

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Quick Questions

1. You upload a photo of yourself to a class photo site. What happens to it?
A. It stays only on your device and leaves no footprint
B. A copy is stored online and becomes part of your digital footprint ✓
When you upload a photo, a copy is stored online. That copy adds to your digital footprint.
2. Which photo shows the most about where you go to school?
A. A photo of you in front of the school gate with the school name on it ✓
B. A photo of a plain blue sky
Signs, uniforms and buildings can show your school. This adds details about you to your footprint.
3. A friend posts a photo with you in it. Does it add to your digital footprint?
A. Yes, photos other people post of you can join your footprint ✓
B. No, only photos you post yourself count
Your footprint includes things others share about you. It is a good idea to ask friends to check with you first.
4. You post a short video clip and then delete it an hour later. Which is true?
A. Someone may have already saved or copied it ✓
B. It is guaranteed that nobody ever saw or saved it
Other people can save or share a video before you delete it. Think before you post.
5. Which photo could show your street and where you live?
A. A photo of your drawing on the table
B. A photo of you outside your front gate with the house number showing ✓
House numbers, street signs and landmarks can show where you live. Choose photos that do not give away your address.

Match the Pairs

Photo footprint → A photo or video you share is stored online as a copy and becomes part of your digital footprint.
Photo details → A photo can show things about you, like your face, your school uniform or the street where you live.
A friend posts a photo of you at a party. It still adds to your footprint, even though you did not post it. → friend.post(photo_of_you) # your footprint grows
You share a photo of your school gate or your street. The photo can show where you go to school or live. → post(photo_school_gate) # shows where you are
delete(photo) # now it is gone forever → Deleting a photo does not always remove every copy. Others may have saved or shared it, so it can stay part of your footprint.
video_call.record() # nobody keeps a clip → Video calls and clips can be recorded or screen-captured, so a copy can be stored and join your footprint.

Key Term

Photo footprint
When you share a photo or video, a copy is stored online and joins your digital footprint. It can show details about you, like your face, school or street, even if you delete it later.

Fill in the Blanks

1. photo ← takePhoto() upload(photo) footprint ← footprint + copy
Hint: Type the function name that sends your photo onto the internet, where a copy is stored.
2. clip ← record(videoCall) share(clip) footprint ← footprint + clip
Hint: Type the function name that sends the video clip out for others to see.
3. IF photo.shows = "street" THEN details ← "where you live" END IF
Hint: Type the comparison operator that checks if the photo shows a street.
4. delete(photo) copy.stillOnline ← true footprint ← footprint + copy
Hint: Type the Boolean value that shows a copy can stay online after you delete the photo.
5. friend.post(photoOfYou) footprint ← footprint + photoOfYou result ← "you are in someone's post"
Hint: Type the action a friend does to put a photo of you online.

Spot the Error

Question 1
A photo ← take_photo()
B upload(photo)
C copy_stored_online ← FALSE
D footprint ← footprint + photo
Line C — When you upload a photo, a copy is stored online. So copy_stored_online should be TRUE.
Question 2
A photo ← photo_of_my_school
B shows ← [uniform, logo]
C upload(photo)
D details_shared ← nothing
Line D — A photo of your school can show your uniform and logo. Those details are shared, so the line should be details_shared ← shows.
Question 3
A copies ← 0
B save_to_phone(video)
C copies ← copies + 1
Line B — Saving a video to your phone does not put a copy online. Posting does, so line 2 should be post(video).
Question 4
A clip ← record_video_call()
B friend_can_save ← FALSE
C IF friend_can_save THEN
D copy_exists ← TRUE
Line B — Someone on a video call can record or save a clip, so a copy can exist. It should be friend_can_save ← TRUE.
Question 5
A friend_photo ← photo_of(me)
B friend_posts(friend_photo)
C footprint ← footprint + 0
Line C — A photo of you that someone else posts still adds to your footprint. It should add 1, not 0.

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