Internet safety is a big deal if you have kids in your house, and even if you dont it should be taken seriously.
Kids safety online is reliant on the measures you take to protect them before they ever log on. Here are 5 easy tips to keeping yourself and you
kids safe online:
- Install firewall, anti-spyware, and antivirus software, and update them often.
- Don’t open e-mails from someone you don’t know, download software from source you don’t trust, or enter “free” contests from companies you don’t recognize.
- Guard your passwords – don’t share them over e-mail or instant message, and change them often. (And dont use any of the 15 most common passwords listed below) Recommended: Use letters, numbers, and special characters as often as permitted, the more complicated - the better internet safety you have!
- 123456
- 12345
- 123456789
- Password
- iloveyou
- princess
- rockyou
- abc123
- qwerty
- letmein
- monkey
- myspace1
- password1
- facebook1
- (your first name)
3. Type in the website address instead of clicking on a link.
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A student asked me recently: “Why do I need to know when Frankenstein was published? I have a smart phone—I can always find the answer if I need it.”
He was right. And while I can expound easily and at length about how important it is to understand the time period in which an author was writing in order to fully analyze the novel, for most students in American high schools today, my lecture would fall under the “not relevant—tune out” category, and instead of listening to me, they’d spend the next twenty minutes ignoring my painstakingly planned lesson in favor of tweeting and texting their friends from under their desks.
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Those of you who have shopped online, use online banking, or have used Facebook may have see a padlock icon appear in your address bar, and may have noticed the address bar has turned green. This happens when your browser is using a secure or safe connection (HTTPS) to communicate with whatever site you are on. Whats the difference? It all has to do with your internet safety settings.
HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol and its used for a majority of websites. Its safe and secure for your day to day browsing like surfing the web, reading blogs, checking your on your favorite sports team or watching videos. The extra "S" in HTTPS stands for "secure" and websites that use HTTPS want to ensure that the information you enter on their site remains private.
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Have you used on the same passwords for the last decade? Is your Facebook account still using the default security settings? Are your kids safe? If so, you may want to think about the example your own Internet use is setting for your kids.
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