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Safe Internet Usage: Read and Practice

Last night, I was on my Facebook wall when I saw several posts from a relative. His post was about Miley Cyrus. His posts looked suspicious because of the image preview. I became more suspicious when I saw he also posted it in his dad’s wall. (I mean, if you are browsing some adult content and you are underage, you do not want your parents to know because you will get reprimanded.) I saw him online and I asked if he is really online. Without waiting for the answer, I asked who is he. My guts was telling me that my relative’s account got hacked. He replied and said he was a classmate of my relative and that he accidentally clicked on something using that account. He said he already texted my relative to inform him. Then I asked the classmate if he knew that he triggered a virus. Then there was no response.

I immediately created a shout-out to my relatives on my wall and in our group warning them about the said link. And I really hope no one clicked the link out of curiosity.

See, that is the problem of this generation’s teeners. They are very curious and they hate taking precautions. They do not think before they click. They do not know what is safe and not. And even if they know, they do not practice it! That is why they end up infecting their accounts and gadgets.

Now, I do not know what will happen to that FB account. Spammers, virus and other malware and online threat are everywhere. If we do not learn how to safely use the powerful Internet, we will end up divulging private things online and we can get into more serious troubles.

Safe Internet usage should really be part of Computer lessons at school and at home.

9 Comments Filed Under: parenting, Uncategorized Tagged With: mommy matters, nicquee goes techie, rants, stumbled upon

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  1. Pinay Mama says

    March 31, 2012 at 2:10 pm

    Naku! Our youngest sister loves to click links that may have virus. Nasira yung desktop nila and hindi nagoopen for how many weeks kaya need ireformat. Until now, yan parin problema sa kanya. pindot ng pindot ng kung ano ano. ayayay!

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  2. Malou says

    February 23, 2012 at 11:12 pm

    Same thing happened to my friend’s Yahoo messenger account. She kept talking to me in English even if I was already talking in Tagalog. So I figured it wasn’t her I’m talking to.

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  3. Jasmin says

    November 14, 2011 at 11:45 pm

    This is the main reason why I am not fond of these social networks. Though I have an account in FB, I don’t usually post nor click some links. For me, engaging yourself with these social networks really affects your privacy..

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    • Nicquee says

      November 15, 2011 at 12:17 am

      Actually, social networks are ok as long as you know what to post and not to share. Some people, they tend to share everything online and they friend everyone, thus losing their privacy.

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  4. Karen says

    November 12, 2011 at 5:46 am

    Every internet users should put this in mind, Think before you click.

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    • Pinay Mama says

      March 31, 2012 at 2:08 pm

      I agree karen. think before you click πŸ™‚

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  5. Kris Edison says

    November 11, 2011 at 12:37 pm

    I saw that message also. I’m glad that I don’t have any interest of clicking links. But on twitter, links are more suspicious because of the use of URL shortener.

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  6. Janelle says

    November 11, 2011 at 10:22 am

    Agree, agree. And there’s Trend Micro Online Guardian πŸ˜‰ (shameless plug, haha)

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    • Nicquee says

      November 15, 2011 at 12:15 am

      Korek ka jan, Janelle. Buti na lang may Trend Micro products!

      Reply

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