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Cyber safety tips
The document provides cyber safety tips for parents, teachers, children, and women. It discusses various types of cyber crimes and recommends keeping computers in open areas, monitoring online activity, using strong passwords, not sharing personal information online, and reporting any inappropriate content or harassment. The tips emphasize having open conversations about internet safety, supervising internet use, and exercising caution when sharing information or meeting online contacts.
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Cyber safety tips
- 1. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR PARENTS & TEACHERS By Advocate Arunmozhi Ramesh Delhi [email protected]
- 5. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR PARENTS / TEACHERS Cyber Crimes Email Frauds Social Media crimes Mobile App related crimes Business Email Compromise Data Theft Ransomeware Net Banking/ATM Frauds Fake Calls Frauds Insurance Frauds Lottery Scam
- 6. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR PARENTS / TEACHERS Cyber Crimes Bitcoin Cheating Scams Online transaction Frauds
- 7. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR PARENTS Have an open conversation with your kids about safe browsing and computer use. Do not replace physical parental supervision of computer use at home with any safe search engine or any other tool. No search filtering software or tool is perfect. Educate yourself also on social media safety and have open discussions with teens about present dangers and long term effects of inappropriate conduct, including posting pictures/videos,online.
- 8. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR PARENTS Keep computer in an open area. Make a rule that doors are always left open when kids are online. Advice your children to immediately exit any site that makes them feel uncomfortable or worried. Parent should keep a track of persons with whom their children are talking to and which sites they are browsing. This is NOT invading their privacy at all , rather it is parenting in the digital space.
- 9. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR PARENTS If you have found inappropriate content about your child please contact the service provider concerned and/or Police as soon as possible. Majority of children would not like to tell their parents if they are bullied or harassed online for fear that they will lose internet access. Make sure that your children understand that they will not get in trouble if they tell you about a problem. Children under 13 ARE NOT ALLOWED on Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat, iTunes and many more. Don’t support your child to break the rules as they are not be the only one without these accounts.
- 10. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR PARENTS Explain it to your child that all Social Networking Profiles MUST BE SET TO PRIVATE. Use all the security settings available to make the site as safe as possible. Do not let young children to browse the ‘Google’ aimlessly with no supervision. Children need to be taught about search engines and how they work. Don't allow your child to use Apps like SnapChat that immediately delete the posts. Apps prevent you from monitoring the child's online experience and you may never know what he /she is being subjected to.
- 11. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR PARENTS If you notice a sudden change in your child's behaviour, to check, among other things, his online activity on Facebook, WhatsApp etc.
- 13. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR CHILDREN Never share your personal details (House address, phone number, date of birth and place of birth etc. on any online platform such as Facebook,Instagram, Blogs, Twitter, Chat-rooms etc.) Do not respond to indecent/offending/harassing emails/chatts posts. Rather keep them in records in the form of screenshots and inform your parent/guardian to report it to the police. The account should be immediately blocked.
- 14. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR CHILDREN When you feel uncomfortable with any SMS post/mail/chatting, immediately share your concern with your parents or any trustworthy person. Never share your account passwords with anyone. Be aware that information on the internet is not always reliable. Make a strong password with alpha-numeric symbols and special characters.
- 15. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR CHILDREN Don’t add people as online friends unless you know them in real life or have parent permission. Never agree to meet an online friend unless and until you are do so under your parent's/guardian's guidance and supervision. Treat others online the way you’d like to be treated yourself. Real life etiquettes and manners apply equally to the virtual space
- 16. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR CHILDREN Don’t sign up for sites that require a certain age criteria for registration. ( Eg. Facebook, YouTube, Instagram etc. by wrong reporting of your correct age. such sites may expose you to age inappropriate content). Don’t buy anything online without discussion with to your parents. Some advertisement may try to trick you by offering things at heavy discount. They may be fraud sites meant for either cheating you of your parents' money or for getting access to your and your parents' personal information
- 18. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR WOMEN Choose a safe online name. Pick a name that doesn’t reflect your complete identity or location. Have a strong password with alpha-numeric symbol and special characters for your online account. Secure your computers with anti-virus, anti- spyware and other cyber security tools
- 19. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR WOMEN Be selective about what information you make public. Sensitive information includes real name, date of birth, gender, town, e-mail address, school name, place of work, and personal photos. Fraudsters, cheats and online perverts can misuse this information to your detriment
- 20. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR WOMEN Pay attention to the risks associated with e-mails. Attachments Risk of spam and viruses transmit to your computer. Never click on links provided in an email, unless you are sure of the sender and the purpose of email. Don’t forward when you are asked to.
- 21. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR WOMEN Never, try to meet a person – online friend Take somebody else along & meet in Public place always. meeting must always be in a public place. People often feel uncomfortable setting safety boundaries because they don’t want to offend someone; but good intentioned people will understand and encourage you to set safety requirements, and it is the crooks who want you to feel guilty about it.
- 22. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR WOMEN Know the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service of any service you use. That fine print may tell you the company can own, resell, rent, or give your information to anyone they want. If it does that then find a more respectful site.
- 23. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR WOMEN Don’t trade personal information for “freebies.” Online freebies come in two forms: The free games, free offers, and ‘great deals'. Just as in the physical world, if these types of offers sound too good to be true, they probably are. Not only will these collect and sell your personal information, these ‘deals’, and ‘free’ applications are usually riddled with spyware, viruses or other malicious software. Through survey’s, sweepstakes, quizzes, and the like. These marketing tools are designed for one purpose – to get as much information from you as they can, so they can sell that to interested parties. Even the most innocuous ‘survey’s learn far more than you imagine, and they may give you malicious software or download tracking cookies, so just skip these entirely.
- 24. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR WOMEN Periodically review your internet contacts and online activities. Internet housekeeping is important. Periodically review who you have as contacts, and who can see your online profiles periodically to prune out everyone you no longer have a close interaction with. Review images and content you’ve posted online to see if collectively these tell more about you than what should be known.
- 25. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR WOMEN Block people you don’t want to interact with. You don’t have to accept invitations to be friends with people just because they ask. People can find it difficult to turn someone down – and creeps and crooks count on this very thing. If you don’t want to be friends, delete the request.
- 26. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR WOMEN Note that if you become a victim of a cybe crime, it is not your fault. If you fall victim to a scam, fraudster, abuser or criminal, don’t blame yourself. The only person guilty is the abuser or a criminal. You didn’t cheat, scam, lie, threaten, harm, steal, or abuse yourself in some other way, so don’t lay a burden of guilt. Don’t let the abuser or the criminal shame you into silence. Speak out and get the help you need.
- 27. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR WOMEN Be extremely cautious while posting photographs and control who can view them. Bear in mind that photos can be saved and altered – you don’t want to regret having posted a particular photo, at a later stage! Create restricted user groups who can view photos. Also, don’t post embarrassing pictures of others.
- 28. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR WOMEN Use strong passwords and use different passwords for different accounts. Social networking sites are very easily hacked into and information can be modified. So ensure that you don’t use weak passwords with personal information such as your birthday or your dog’s name. Your password should be one that is difficult to guess.
- 29. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR WOMEN Don’t share your password with anyone or let anybody else handle your account. What is seen as trust or some harmless fun, can have severe consequences. You get to choose who you want to interact with; don’t be “nice” and put up with any inconvenience.
- 30. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR WOMEN Ensure your computer has a good antivirus and anti spyware software. A lot of applications on social networking sites can be malicious, and if your computer is not well protected, it can result in a lot of issues.
- 31. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR WOMEN Last, but not the least, trust your instinct. If you are being subjected to any form of cyber bullying or harassment, report it at once! Remember that information that you post once on the internet cannot be erased. Use your common sense and utmost caution when you publish anything. A lot of cyber crime can be prevented simply by exercising caution.
- 32. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR WOMEN If you notice any offensive , abusive or illegal online post/content, Immediately take its screenshot. Also take a screenshot of the link/URL Of the illegal content.
- 33. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR WOMEN Don’t share any OTP or other passwords, even with ‘friend’ on any pretext. Such ‘pretext’ are tricks used by hackers to deceive you through social engineering in sharing your passwords, which may have grave consequences, such as loss of control over Social Media account, your email account ID, etc. On social Media accounts keep your privacy settings to the most stringent levels. Only share information about yourself on ‘Need to Know’ basis.
- 34. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR WOMEN On Whats App and other messaging Apps, ensure that ‘media auto- download’ is deactivated, esp. from senders who are not in your contact list. Such media (videos, photos, documents, etc.) may have malwares embedded in them. Always keep your devise (Phone, Tablet, Laptop etc.) in safe custody. Keep your lock screen on with Password/Pin protection. Don’t keep you device unattended even for a minute.
- 35. CYBER SAFETY TIPSFOR WOMEN Always remember what you’ve posted about yourself. A common way that hackers break into financial or other accounts is by clicking the “Forgot your password?” link on the account login page. To break into your account, they search for the answers to your security questions, such as your birthday, hometown, high school class, father’s middle name, on your social networking site. If the site allows, make up your own password questions, and don’t draw them from material anyone could find with a quick search.
- 36. Be Prudent whileusing Social Networks
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