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What is one way that you make online safety a daily habit? - Yahoo! Answers Team - 02-20-2013 08:33 PM
On February 5, Yahoo! is supporting the tenth annual Safer Internet Day. Safer Internet Day is a global event sponsored by Insafe and co-founded by the European Union that promotes online safety across the public, private and non-profit sectors.
US: http://www.saferinternetday.org/web/usa/my-home
UK: http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/
Yahoo: http://safely.yahoo.com/
- Paine - 02-20-2013 08:41 PM
I wonder how often Yahoo accounts are hacked and/or used for nefarious purposes, it's hardly a safe website.
Suggestions:
1) Use sites that require legitimate details to set-up an account
2) Use sites that incorporate https
3) Use sites that have people monitoring input and have moderators rather than algorithms vetting content
- Little Katy - 02-20-2013 08:41 PM
1.) Really think about what you say. Many people feel more powerful online and tend to say things they don't really mean. If you stay yourself and be kind to others online, you lower your risk of being harassed or stalked. Not kidding.
2.) Don't put too many provocative photos of yourself online because many people will try to get more information on who you are.
3.) Don't save your passwords on your computer. When your Internet browser asks "Would you like to save this password?" say no because when people get access to your computer, all of your information and websites are subject to someone messing with them.
4.) Set any information you have (ex. Facebook) to private so that only people you know can see it.
5.) Always log out of websites when you are done.
6.) Use a password website, which will give you a very safe passwords or will check a password you already use to see if it is safe. This will maximize your security.
- Bulbasaur - 02-20-2013 08:41 PM
I don't share my personal information with anyone, not even my best friends.
- Cole - 02-20-2013 08:41 PM
i don't use the same passwords for every website that my email is connected too.
i don't visits garbage websites. if you know what i mean..
im cautious of what i download..
i don't use real information when signing up for websites .
i don't open up weird emails.
use antivirus/spyware software..
password for my wireless internet modem/network password (very big safety measure)
Good firewall...
- john - 02-20-2013 08:41 PM
stay off facebooK !
- Doris - 02-20-2013 08:41 PM
I try to make my password very challenging.
- Qeee - 02-20-2013 08:41 PM
Right to be treated respectfully. Only if you think your in the right. Too much get away with harassing others.
- whisperingplant612 - 02-20-2013 08:41 PM
encourage families with children to delay the use of the Internet / World Wide Web
- piña - 02-20-2013 08:41 PM
Cyberspace is a HUGE part of our modern world. Seeing as we are the generation of technology, society has never experienced some of the issues that are brought on by media; especially the internet. This question is one that is not often taken into consideration. It is one thing to know your rights on the internet, but it is another to actually understand them. With Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc (the "go-to" examples for cyberspace arguments), there are all types of settings that construct a panel of settings that create a safe environment for you. Some focus more on privacy, others on anonymity. Among my peers and younger family members and friends, I try to let them know that people violate their rights to the internet very often; and the key to practicing internet safety is to report others' misconduct to a higher authority, and use them as examples toward your own will.
You cannot just ignore these problems, as they will always be present. Teaching younger people to stay away from it will not solve anything. The internet is meant to be a tool. A tool for creativity, communication, education, practically anything. But just as with any good thing, there are always people that misuse it.