The Begining of internet privacy
Hello little ones.
I'm here to teach you all about Internet privacy. As you may or may not know, there are a lot of creepy people on the internet, and many of those people can be very harmful.
There are alot of them who try to steal your identity, your Facebook or Myspace page, try to impersonate you. There are a lot of people who try to hack you, and who try to steal very important information. These people can be your friends, pedophiles, rapist or even the government. These people are dangerous and can try to harm you....well, maybe not your friends, they'll just try to change your status or send dumb messages to random people, but you know what I mean.
There are several ways to protect oneself from Internet. Here are some steps.
1 - LIE! If you put your information in a website that you know you won’t use much, or that it isn’t necessary, you can lie about your information.
2 - FILL UP ONLY THE REQUIRED FIELDS. In unimportant web sites, there is no need to fill up unnecessary fields. Usually, its just your name, last name, birthday and email. Use your name, and for your birthday, change it up. So, instead of April 7, you can use April 8.
3 - AVOID CREDIT CARDS If there are sites that don’t need credit cards, don’t put it in. If you do need it, use a one shot credit card, or a prepaid one, so that your information isn’t taken by the company or other people.
4 - INFORM OTHERS. If you can, try your best to inform others of not using their personal information. Inform your cousins, parents, friends, cats, dogs, turtles, EVERYONE!
I'm here to teach you all about Internet privacy. As you may or may not know, there are a lot of creepy people on the internet, and many of those people can be very harmful.
There are alot of them who try to steal your identity, your Facebook or Myspace page, try to impersonate you. There are a lot of people who try to hack you, and who try to steal very important information. These people can be your friends, pedophiles, rapist or even the government. These people are dangerous and can try to harm you....well, maybe not your friends, they'll just try to change your status or send dumb messages to random people, but you know what I mean.
There are several ways to protect oneself from Internet. Here are some steps.
1 - LIE! If you put your information in a website that you know you won’t use much, or that it isn’t necessary, you can lie about your information.
2 - FILL UP ONLY THE REQUIRED FIELDS. In unimportant web sites, there is no need to fill up unnecessary fields. Usually, its just your name, last name, birthday and email. Use your name, and for your birthday, change it up. So, instead of April 7, you can use April 8.
3 - AVOID CREDIT CARDS If there are sites that don’t need credit cards, don’t put it in. If you do need it, use a one shot credit card, or a prepaid one, so that your information isn’t taken by the company or other people.
4 - INFORM OTHERS. If you can, try your best to inform others of not using their personal information. Inform your cousins, parents, friends, cats, dogs, turtles, EVERYONE!
6 comments:
I have accounts on so many sites that I feel like my personal information is everywhere on the internet! I'll admit sometimes I'm not very cautious with what I put online but this is a good reminder to everyone to keep safe online. All these websites are designed to remove privacy from people, like Facebook. With all these new settings, people have absolutely no privacy at all. It's crazy!
Wow, these steps are smart! I will use them next time I sign up for something online. I have a bunch of accounts, but I don't have a credit card- these steps will help me when I do get one.
Hello big one,
Once you put something on the Internet, even if you delete two seconds later, it will be on the Internet forever! Somebody has saw it and it may even some stranger you have never met before but you will never know. Even with all the privacy setting now a days you are never safe because the hackers that have no lives will find a way retrieve your information. This post is a good reminder of the pre-cautions you should take when putting your information on the Internet but I think the best way to protect yourself is from the ghetto don’t put any information of the Internet unless it’s absolutely necessary.
Nowadays the Internet is definitely not the safest place to broadcast all of your information. I've heard of numerous stories where someone was impersonating another individual on facebook stealing all of their pictures and information. It really makes you wonder who exactly has all this free time to do such a thing. Also I found all of your tips to be useful since everyone should choose to limit what they put on the Internet, there's no longer such a thing as 'privacy' here.
I completely agree with everyone :)
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