Internet Safety – ‘Cyber-Bullying’ is ‘Beatable’
Part 3 of 3 By Dr. Peter James – Independent researcher, writer,
and web tactician
Passwords
Never write them
down; Use a clue to remind you, never write the password down just
write the clue down. Anyone can find it in your absence or even in front of you
without you knowing.
Use different on
each website: Try to group your site passwords so that in the event
that you have many of themif a password is found, the password will not give
access to all of the websites that you use, just a few. If there are several
passwords on one site make sure that every password is different, adding a
figure at the end of the main password is not a good idea.
Change each month:
Regularly change your passwords; it is in your own interest to do so and prior
to this if you suspect someone else may know a password. A second option
exists; if you do not use particular websites regularly, use the sites password
reminder service, yes it takes a few minutes of your time but is well worth the
effort involved.
Never share them:
All the items in this section apply to this portion of advice.
Never email them:
Not even to yourself (many do this) as there are no sure ways of keeping the
contents safe from prying electronic eyes if a key-logger gets into your
computer. (More on this subject later)
Ignore requests to
others: The passwords that you use to access ‘Chat’, ‘Windows’, your
various accounts etc are yours and ‘Unique’ to you! No one else needs or needs
to know them, not even the company website that you use, only their computers
do. In every case, individuals are ‘locked out’ from this information and no
one has any right to ask you for it. Electronic reminders are just that, no
human is involved in the reminder at all. Many systems do not send it; they
send a temporary replacement instead, so that you can re-access your account. (A
step that stops interception of the email whilst in transit to you)
Naughty Websites:
All are lockable:
Every ‘web site’ is lockable from your browser, just as every unwanted ‘email’
or ‘chat individual’ may be locked on the relevant provider. All responsible
parents on every computer in the home should take these actions, before any
problems start in the future.
Sell your web
address: That token fee of 1 Euro / $1 / £1 etc is more than just a
means of verifying the users age, in many cases it is a ‘Yippee’ another sucker
has given us permission to go on a spending spree at their expense. Result;
loads of extra expenses many will go un-noticed by you as the Credit Card is
usually paid by Direct Debit, with no questions asked by the Card owner at all.
Tracker cookies
implanted: Cookies are useful aids that enable regularly visited
websites to open faster. Unfortunately, there are also ‘malicious’ cookies;
these tend to turn up in emails and some downloaded programs as well. Employing
the email precautions above will help reduce them, as will regular virus and
spyware scans and updates of said programs. Another precaution you can take is
to ‘Save’ rather than ‘Run’ a new program that you download, this will enable
you virus and spyware programs to scan and remove any problems before they get
the chance to ‘hide in your computers registry. Many new ‘Bugs’ self-duplicate,
meaning you will get it back within seconds of removal as its clone left behind
elsewhere in the registry reproduces itself.
Key-loggers
implanted; Key-loggers sit there on your hard drive recording every
keystroke and mouse click that you make. Then your computer sends this
information to another (Unknown to you at all) computer in ‘Cyber-World’.
Conclusion:
At the time of writing, There are
sadly still several thousand missing children in the world related to ‘chat’
and other instant message issues. There were a little over 4,100 recognised frauds
in progress and a list of 419 recognised Internet Fraudsters at large, with
420,000 frauds deleted from the Internet. A large number of hi-jacked IP addresses
by unknown parties. With your help in adopting as many of the above advice
items, larger numbers of Internet crimes will be solved and the perpetrators
caught and punished. Even better still thousands of children will be re-united
unharmed with their families and the ‘groomers’ will not be able to lead many
more astray in the future.
Another point not yet clarified
as ‘a fact’ is ‘chat’ systems being used as an extension to street and
playground bullying, to incite violence or crime on the victim against other
victims, keeping the ‘actual’ aggressor/ perpetrator safe and sound.
Websites to note:
Internet fraud - http://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/
Child web safety - http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
Internet Police UK - http://www.wiredsafety.org/gb/law/uk_police_information.html
FBI Cybercrime - http://www.fbi.gov/cyberinvest/cyberhome.htm
There are many more, most countries have them, in some form. Your first priority should be to contact your local Police in the event of personal issues and missing persons, they can help far quicker and will take all the necessary steps needed both where you are and contact more specialised units/ teams as needed.Please enjoy the Internet it has a wealth of information on it and the vast majority of users are genuine, the minority spoil things in the ‘Cyber-World’, as well as the ‘Real World’. Be safe not sorry, together we can stamp out ‘Cyber-Crime’ - ‘Cyber-Bullying’ and develop a safe ‘Cyber-World’ for all.
In case you wondered, there is a last page on the Internet… http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm
Enjoy your life and help others
to enjoy theirs, together we can make this borderless Internet safer, together
Internet crime will be reduced. Everyday people like me are working behind the
scenes to give you a better safer Internet, everyday the Internet gets a bit
safer for all. With your help, we can all be winners and stop the minority from
running our lives, fuelling our fears and feeding our limited knowledge to
blame those who are not guilty in any way for the minorities actions against us
all.
The complete article can be read by clicking on the URL below
A, B, Catch you later dear reader
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