Cyberwellness

Cyberwellness talks about the dangers of the Internet and how to avoid becoming a victim of people who intend to harm you. Firstly,let me introduce you to the 4 Cyber Wellness Values and they are:

1. Be Street-Smart

2. Be Resposible & Respectful

3. Achieve Balance

4. Embrace Inspirational Use of the Internet

In order to have all these values of cyberwellness in yourself, you need to avoid the dangers of the Internet by always playing safe. In that way you will have a lower risk of becoming one of those victims.

Let me inform you about some examples of dangers when using the Internet:
1. There is exposure to inappropiate content
2. There are hackers who break into the computers of companies and government agencies in order to destroy and leak information. These offenders also try to recruit children to carry out these assignments.
3. Sometimes, children make friends and meet new people until they are tempted to meet them outside the virtual space. Meetings of this kind could also endanger your safety.
4. Romantic relationships on the Web are widespread for all ages, often relationships are created with people not in your age group.

So, these are some of the examples of what could happen to you on the Internet if you do not take care of yourself.Now let me remind you too that whatever you reveal on the Internet is PUBLIC.It is freely accessible to anyone once you posted it online.Hence, you are strongly encouraged not to post any of your personal details.(eg. phone number,gender,school,name and address)

Another thing that you should take note is that you should have an online nickname that does not reveal your gender & age, it must be something original,out of this world and also something that you like.(eg. Sweetyummy,groovybaby and blur_sotong)

Finally, always remember to set your privacy settings to private and NEVER reveal any personal info. that can expose yourself to strangers.THINK first before you ACT.

Thank You!