Our age is technology age and the internet is an unavoidable part of this age. The internet can be a dangerous atmosphere for children and teenagers. Besides, children can leave their parents under online risks unconsciously. For example, they can load bad software which cybercrimes can reach the bank data or personal information of their parents.
In the internet, to know the risks of internet and to know how to protect your child against these risks is the point of awareness. There are some risks which chidren and teenagers face with in the internet. These risks are as follows:
–Cyber Violence: The internet has lots of games. These games have different features. Children and teenagers face with cyber violence with these games but most of children and teenagers do not understand that they are under violence because for them they are playing games. Especially in online games, they are under threat. In the games, children or game characters are subject to violence and sometimes they are ribbing. In this case, games are becoming psychological torture different from a fantastic adventure. The best way to protect your children from cyber violence is being totally in their lives and making talks with them about how should they behave if they face any problem in their lives.
–Cyber Hunters: In the internet sexual and other hunters can find and set relation with teenagers and children. They can use the innocence of children sometimes children trust these people very much and they come together with them. These hunters usually attend in-game sites to hunt children and teenagers. They can also exploit the imagination of children. They usually use online games to take the attention of children and teenagers.
–Publication of Personal Information: Children do not understand the social limits. For example, they can issue private information on their social media accounts. Private information can be everything like some private photos and even if their address. If children issue everything open to the public you can also see his/her updates and warn him/her not only you but everybody can see his/her publication. You should talk to your children about social limits.
-Identity Victims: Children and teenagers usually tick messages sent to their emails. These emails can be sent by cyber cons. They can do smishing. They follow websites which are favorite within children and teenagers. In this way, they can easily obtain the names of children, names of their friends and their e-mails. Advice your children not to tick messages which are sent by unfamiliar people. They can suppose that they receive a message from their friends but they should check about if the message involves real personal information or not.
-Do not be taken in by Conman: Your children will not believe to ones who say that they would give 1million dollar to them but they will believe to ones who will give a free bonus for the net games. When they trust to conman about games they can give personal information like credit card numbers of their parents to them in order to get a free bonus from games.
-Downloading malware: Malware is software that is loaded and used for bad intention without the permission of the victim. This includes the hooking of your personal information and seizing your computer. Their aim is to make you download malware. They use children in-game sites. The best way is to talk to your children and warn them.
Children love to pass time in the net. And it is not possible to keep them away for long years. The best way is to talk and tell them about