10 Essential Internet Safety Tips That Needs to be Practiced

10 Essential Internet Safety Tips That Needs to be Practiced

10 Essential Internet Safety Tips That Needs to be Practiced

Internet is one of that places where users have to be conscious while using as sometimes people can wander and get misused due to lack of proper guidelines. Really, internet safety is a subject that has been addressed both frequently and authentically among the people of all ages.

If you are using internet for education purpose then the issue is regarded to be of best significance. But when you are using or developing internet behaviors in the absence of proper guideline and knowledge then it is no strange that problem will creep in. This is the factor where safety guideline and fundamental message is very necessary in the primitive stage.

Through this post I am going to share 10 essential internet safety tips that you need to be practiced in order to ensure safety. Let’s have a sharp eye look to these tips:

10 Essential Internet Safety Tips That Needs to be Practiced

Educate yourself before you educate your child

Simply preventing your child from visiting some unnecessary sites will only creates bad impact on him and make him inquisitive as a result he may spend more time in unraveling the facts. The best way to educate your child about the internet safety is to tell him about the good and the bad impacts of it. It will provide him the required essential tolls that navigate him into the online world with maximum protection. Perhaps, you can also teach him not to post vital and false information on certain sites and also that the people whom he may be talking to may in reality is not the same person.

Think twice before posting

If you are a regular user on social networking sites or any other sites then you should think twice or thrice before posting anything on it. You need to imagine the scenario and thoughts that one thinks when read your post. If you do not feel comfortable with your post then don’t post.

Do you have a nick name?

If you are working on micro blogging sites like twitter and facebook then it is better to use your nickname rather than displaying your real name. In my opinion you should make two separate accounts, one for the social networking sites and other one is for the work purpose. You should always keep in mind to connect with the people whom you are familiar with.

Have a look at your settings

Now a day people of all the ages are showing their presence on social media. So while working on social media sites like facebook you should make use of your privacy and security setting. The privacy and security setting provide you the feature in which your friends and family members can see your pages( personnel).

Find a unique password

Strength of your password is another factor that you should keep in mind while setting up your password on any social media or any other sites. You need to make sure that your password should be unique and that can be easily remember. In my opinion ion you should change your password at a regular in interval of time (1 month).

Protect your personnel info

While using internet, you should always careful about mentioning your personnel information. As for example do not mention your personnel account number or address while working on social networking sites because your one personnel information can be used by a stranger to unlock more.

Check’s what required

While you signing up or registering yourself for a site then always try to fill in minimum information.

Install antivirus software

You should ensure to install antivirus software on your computer or laptops.

Send direct message

It is one of the best strategies to send direct and private message on social networking sites. If you are using personnel chat with your particular friends then send direct message is the best choice. Apart from it, you can also send direct emails from your private account.

That’s all I have regarding the safety measures one should also keep in mind and needs to be practiced. If you like this post then care to share among your various social friends. You can also share your views via comment box.

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