Beware of fake things online!!!
The internet
today is a very important and most popular technology today. With the explosion
of social media, people depend a lot on it for networking and communication.
Many people depend on the internet for survival, for fun and for communication.
Majority of internet users are
children,adolescents and youths According
to Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of need, people at this age try satisfy their. Needs
which includeS Thins like sex,food, friendship and more.
This is the reason why social networking sites like Pinterest,
twitter, Facebook keep gaining popularity. Other sites to mention are dating
sites, chat rooms, pornographic sites, fashion websites, modeling sites and
others.
With this increasing
trend and influx of internet users and the top sites, people from different
societies and back ground develop ideas on how to make use of these users in
their favor, Owners of the sites mentioned above not exclusive. We tend to focus more on the excitements
brought by this innovative technology forgetting the few setbacks as well. In
the struggle to satisfy individual and societal needs, internet users should be
aware of the following;
Fake Profiles on Social
networking sites
If your
purpose on social media is to find a partner, then bear in mind that there are
thousands of fake profiles on the internet. Sometimes you might find pictures
of beautiful ladies on social media, when you start a chat with them; they will
refer you to a special web cam chat or video chat room where you have to pay to
continue your chat. Hey!! Do you think this girl is really out to get a man?
This might be a man who is just trying to use fake profiles to collect credit
card numbers or get traffic to some kind of premium adult chat rooms.
Another way to detect a fake profile is from the number of
friends/followers on the list. It looks abnormal to find someone on Facebook
with two or three friends on the friend list and you think it is worth
communicating or doing business with that person. My friend, run for your life.
It is just a fake profile.
Exploitation in Chat rooms
Chat rooms allow children as low as 13 years to
register. Perpetrators, use this fact to
exploit children, assault them or steal parents’ credit card information from
them. Parents must try to control the
way their children are using the internet. You can follow up the type of sites
your children visit by using antiviruses that has parental control options. A
good antivirus is the Bit defender. There are other sot wares that can actually
help you as a parent to control internet usage in your house and stay safe from
internet thieves and bullies.
Password Theft
This is a common issue on the internet. Hackers try to steal
information including passwords. As you
use social media or chat apps, you might be redirected to a site by your friend
where you have to enter may be your email, password, credit card information
and other sensitive information about yourself. Make sure you trust this site before completing any sign
up.
To avoid being a victim of password theft, make sure you
have a private email you use for communication, one for banking and a different
one for social media and other things. Secondly, do not use the same password
on two different sites. Sometimes, we do that so that it can be easy to
remember. I can use the same password on Google and Tencent because am sure of
the security. But if you are not sure don’t do it.
Fake websites
Watch out when you are directed to a site where you can see
just a single page with no navigation pages. Usually these sites require you to
feel some information. With the use of HTML, people can create a single page
which they use to get information from their victims. While using the net, take
this into consideration. It is important to have an idea about HTML to help
yourself from such situations.
As parents, it is your duty to protect and preserve your
privacy from strangers, who could use your children to get what they want.
Protecting them can sometimes mean restricting their Internet time, no matter
how unpopular or how unconventional that seems nowadays.
Fake
Sellers-Buyers-Products
One of the most popular way we use the internet today is for e-commerce. You should be aware
that
i.
not all product you buy will be delivered to you
ii.
Not all sellers will pay you
iii.
And not all products actually exist.
It is your role to do your research in determining how safe your
transactions on e-commerce site are. If you are new to buying online I suggest
you buy on the big names. Like Amazon, Jumia, kaymu, Konga depending on your
country/location.
Fake job Positions
Millions of internet users search for jobs online. Sometimes you might find a job with
conditions that looks too good to be true. Hey job seeker, be cautious!! Do
some research about this position. For example check the country, minimum wage,
the company if it actually exists, if it has a website, the profile of the
person/company offering the job on LinkedIn, and more. Don’t pay money for
interviews without knowing where the interview will be done.
Top sites like ngondopages.com and 5careers.com among others offer job listing services, this still is not a guarantee of the type of people that post the jobs. Just be careful in your job search
Top sites like ngondopages.com and 5careers.com among others offer job listing services, this still is not a guarantee of the type of people that post the jobs. Just be careful in your job search
Some
other threats you will face include strange/fake email, downloading viruses in
the name of soft wares among others. The ills of the internet will remain. The
advantages are more and the disadvantages will always be there. There is always
the bad side of everything. But this
should not prevent you from using it. The internet is a ‘’world’’ of adventure
and discoveries. Be a part of it. Exercise caution and patience in some cases
when doing something online
.
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