Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Practical Information About Internet Security That Can Keep Children Secure

By Eugene Yeng


With all the events that can be done on the internet these days security is an important and growing topic. People can now use their credit cards to buy, link their bank accounts to receive money from selling, chatting, flirting and even to earn a education certification online. It would make sense that a person would want to do all these things securely and safeguard personal information. Even children need to be protected and in order to do so some useful information about internet protection may be needed.

One of the most sinister acts that is taking place on the internet nowadays is that of targeting minors. All over the world menacing people stalk websites like deranged, starved animals waiting for unsuspecting prey to wander in to their strike zone. All over the world, or perhaps the city-maybe even the neighborhood-these cyber stalkers prowl with the motive of trapping adolescents.

Many of these web deviants try to lure kids to sites with violence and pornography. Many people may not know all the vile things that can be seen on the WWW but the numbers and varieties are staggering.

A parents worse nightmare could be the one where one of these stalkers attempt to make a face to face meeting with their child. Regardless of the reason behind this engagement one can imagine the danger and vulnerability a young person might be faced with one that goes wrong or where malice is intended.

Parents should be aware of some of the precautions they can take to protect their children from these possible scenarios. Besides from good, old fashioned education and advises about never talking to strangers, the high tech world is offering its own version of protection.

Protecting credit card numbers, bank account numbers, passwords, personal identification numbers and contact data needs to be kept safe at all times. There is a mass amount of software available now that can help perform this. Programs with built in security actions such as anti-virus and anti-spyware will assist in preventing the downloading of malicious software and keep what is on a computer safe from prying eyes.

All computer operating systems come with some kind of parental control features. These type of controls can highlight and record specific instances of certain keywords. And entire categories, such as "sex" or "war" can have access to them shut off completely. They can be used to regulate and watch the entering of specific sites by children. The customization options are numerous.

Two of the best options that this software offers is that of "designation". Different profiles can be loaded on computers for different individuals. What is OK for a sixteen year old boy to access may not be appropriate for a younger sibling. Parents can also set conditions where the inappropriate content could launch a block instruction, issue a warning message, make a log entry, or other actions.

There will always be people in the cyberworld who are up to no good. Whether they are out to steal or delibrately harm people should ensure that they are protected from those who intend to do evil. Making sure that our children remain safe can be made easier with some useful information about internet protection.




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