Don’t trust strangers online: CBSE

After suspecting blue whale victims The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has issued some guidelines to school for safe usage of internet. Children should be careful about dealing with strangers they meet online and smart enough to not fall into “online scam artist” who is always ready to take advantage of innocent targets. One should not give any kind of personal information such as address, phone number, and pictures and should not open emails or attachments from unknown people. Also, should not become ‘online friend” with strangers and never agree on meeting any person they met online. Should always inform parents, if anything they see or read anything suspicious online.

What a web browser does?

For most of the students, the internet is a way to stay in touch with the current world through online news, research information, buying stuff online and to download books or applications etc. Nowadays the internet is also popular for e-cash, banking, paying bills and submitting applications and forms. Using a web browser may be easy but there are always some cons for everything, by saying that a web browser can also lead your dangers like exposer of personal information online and system threats like malware, which have viruses, spyware, and adware. A smart browsing means staying aware of this online harmful area and taking the necessary steps to prevent them.

There are many tools and some major information to stay safe while browsing the internet which needs a bit of effort. Guidelines are followed below is to inform you about how to protect personal information and computer online. Always keep an up to date anti-virus software on your device. Keep your browser updated. Be aware of any unusual network activity. A firewall should be installed and maintained on your computer. There are many modern browsers which have features like a pop-up blocker. Try to avoid saving sensitive material on your device without security method. Change your password more often. Try not to use links sent via unknown messages and random email attachments.

Nowadays friendship just made by one click online rather than that of talking to people and sharing moments. Online friendship is meaningless than that of face to face friendship. It is much easy to find an online friend to be decent just because of a misunderstood comment. It can be a healthy and easy to sort arguments and problems if one can talk to another person face to face.

Ways to stay aware and safe on social networking sites for students:

Always make sure of the age appropriateness of any kind of online activity before joining it. There are many fake profiles on the internet which use made up names, they usually use the email address which does not include their profile name. Avoid being friends with some other person you don’t know personally. Always make sure to use the strongest privacy setting while setting up your profile, which confirms that only a desirable person can view your information. Always think before sharing pictures and videos online as it is an open source where things spread and become viral easily. So be a smart browser and stay safe.