There has been a significant increase in cybercrime against women,especially sextortion,during the COVID-19 induced lockdown with 'caged criminals' targeting them online. Latest developments on social media has proven this right, for instance the locker room incident. Write an article in not more than 120-150 words expressing your opinions in how we can maintain a safer social life.
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Such questions are made for enhancing the self-creative skills and should be tried answering on your own. However, here are a few points that will help you in framing your answer:
Such questions are made for enhancing the self-creative skills and should be tried answering on your own. However, here are a few points that will help you in framing your answer:
- Social media is a big part of our lives, but we must make sure we are using it safely and protecting ourself and our family. There is a lot to consider when starting a social media account, since our private information may be at risk. Even if we may not be someone who posts every little detail of our life, there are still risks.
- We should be careful about what we share. We all have someone in our friends' list that has shared parts of their lives that are better left private.
- We should befriend only those whom we know. While many of us use social media to meet new people, it is not always a safe idea.
- We should be familiar with the privacy settings. All social media sites have privacy policies and settings, we should familiarize ourselves with those settings to avoid social media risks.
- We should be Vigilant. It is important for our protection that we know what we have posted and what others might have posted about us.
- We should be creative. This tip has to do with the passwords and usernames we choose for our account. we should always choose passwords that are not common or easy to guess. We should also avoid sharing passwords with others.