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How to ensure the safety of children on the Internet

The era of the information boom has made a tremendous change in the consciousness of billions of people. Our world is gradually transforming, acquiring new and incomprehensible standards, the main source of which is practically uncontrolled global Internet. One way or another, literally all young people sooner or later become part of a virtual environment whose power of influence is difficult to overestimate. To whom, if not to us, parents, accomplished personalities and wise people's experience, should we provide maximum protection to our offspring from anything that could threaten their development, upbringing and even life? The safety of children on the Internet is the most important task that must be tackled right now. How to do it and what should be done? What should be feared first of all and what can the situation lead to when parents lightly ignore the serious consequences of uncontrolled Internet sessions of their children? The obvious lies on the surface - the child can unconsciously expose himself, and at the same time his own, far from comic danger ...

Point of no return

So, when your child is one-on-one with the operating system, it wakes up genuine interest: how to manage all this and what needs to be done to watch your favorite cartoon? From now on, a somewhat silent problem, namely the safety of children on the Internet, becomes your headache. Because it is you who will show your child how to enter the Network and what needs to be done to ensure that the screen of the monitor is illuminated by the long-awaited frames of children's joy. The modern child is incredibly shrewd, you can rest assured, he will especially easily understand the meaning and sequence of your actions. After that, in the hours of your absence, a son or daughter will necessarily apply the received knowledge in practice. Perhaps, for the first time you will feel some sense of pride that a child can independently enter the network and play multimedia content. You might even think that this is incredibly saving your time. However, the information security of children on the Internet today is quite a serious problem, because, in fact, the World Wide Web is incredibly dangerous for the child. Believe, you have every reason to worry about your child when you are not around during his Internet sessions.

Global Threats

Not every adult understands what to watch out for in the unlimited digital space of the Internet. However, your child should not only be informed of the threats that exist, but also understand how to avoid them in case of unusual situations. First of all:

  • The danger of infection through malware.
  • Unhindered access to unwanted content (content of Internet pages).
  • Acquaintance and communication with other users of the network.
  • Advertising of confidential data.
  • Implementation of an uncontrolled purchase.

Do not put off discussion of these items with your child, spend an original event on Internet security. And let such conversations become a family tradition.

Important recommendations

Allocate enough time to ensure that nothing distracts you, and then tell the child in detail about what can not be done on the Internet.

  • Pop-up suggestions with the text: "Install it for free" may well be an attempt of intruders to install on your PC "spyware" software. That is, some application, voluntarily implemented by the user, will constantly send your data to hell and where it is not clear to whom. Explain that any file downloaded from the network is a potential threat. It is not superfluous to mention that a computer can simply fail because of the installation of an "innocent" game in general.
  • The safety of children on the Internet also depends on how clearly parents explained to the child that they can not communicate in a virtual environment with strangers, and also share with them any information concerning personal data.
  • Caution your child from the actions associated with filling out various forms of forms, where you need to indicate your name, first name and patronymic, and in some cases, enter the address of residence.
  • To date, such a service as online purchase through the Network is incredibly developed. It is perfectly permissible that the child will indicate the number of your bank account. Explain how serious the consequences of such a frivolous act can be.

A separate conversation is the topic: "Security of information on the Internet." It does not matter how many years your children, how much you are sure of what the child will not do, how much you count on the prudent behavior of your child as a whole. Only a trusting relationship with your son or daughter will help you in time to respond to an unfavorable situation. Always keep your hand on the pulse of childish interests, pay attention to the slightest change in the behavior of your child. The recommendations below will allow you to better influence the upbringing of your children, and will also provide an opportunity to more subtly understand the psychology of the younger generation.

Family Agreement

Get together, the whole family, and offer to develop a kind of document that will reflect all the rights and responsibilities of each of the members of the Internet community, that is, each of the households who use the PC in any way to enter the Network, including security rules Children on the Internet. Do not be afraid of such an official approach to everyday affairs. Children love it when they are "grown-up". Therefore, their attitude to the family agreement will be accepted with all the seriousness available to the child's understanding. Such an event on Internet security will allow the child to be imbued with respect for the attention given to him. The result will not be long in coming.

So, on the agenda!

  • What kind of Internet resources (sites) can your children visit and for what purpose?
  • How much time a child can be on the Web (meaning the total time, taking into account the criterion of periodicity).
  • What actions should be taken in case something disturbs the Internet "beginner".
  • How to protect personal information.
  • Politeness and principles of behavior in the information space.
  • What rules for children's safety on the Internet exist.

All these points must have a clear and unambiguous wording. Of course, over time, something needs to be corrected, somewhere to amend. However, the essence of the agreement should remain unchanged - unconditional fulfillment of the obligations undertaken (the children will simply be delighted).

Teach your child to use the browser and instant messengers

It is on this ability that the basics of security on the Internet are based. First of all, the World Wide Web gives us the opportunity for unlimited communication. Exceptionally, therefore, instant messaging services are so immensely popular. However, the very process of communication on the Web still requires compliance with basic security rules.

  • Using a chat, never disclose your personal information.
  • Do not talk to strangers.
  • Do not be a distributor of rumors and gossip.

These are just some of the safety rules on the Internet. In the rest, you, the parents, need to constantly monitor your child for new acquaintances on the web and follow the history of your Internet pages visited by your child, which, in general, is not so difficult to accomplish by taking some simple actions in the browser.

Obereg in the adult

Trust is good! However, let's not forget that not everything can be envisaged ... There is no guarantee that the child will not succumb to temptation (perhaps coevals will prompt, or "caring uncles and aunts" from television) to go to places where he is strictly forbidden. How to envisage such a situation and what should be done?

Securing the Internet

Perhaps you have heard about such a service as "Parental Control"? It is with the help of this software that you can reliably protect your children from the often occurring situation - "it's too early". All the below examples are relevant for Windows 7.

Step # 1: Create a new account

  • To add a new user to the system, go to the "Start" menu - "Control Panel" - "User Accounts" - "Manage ...".
  • On the left, at the bottom of the window, click on the "Create ..." item of the same name.
  • Enter the name of the new user and complete the adding process by pressing the confirmation key below.

Attention!

To use all the Internet security settings, since Windows 7 has some limitations on functionality, it is recommended to download the additional component of parental control, namely "Family security". Download this application is absolutely free from the official website of Windows Live. However, for the correct operation of this service you need to register in the system, which, in general, will only take a few minutes of your time. However, you will receive a tremendous monitoring and control tool. By the way, in the operating system Windows 8 the specified component is integrated into the OS. It is worth noting that the configuration process is almost identical to the presented version. So if you are the owner of the G8, you can only use the recommended recommendations.

Step # 2: Configuring Internet Security

After installing the selected component, go to the "Start" menu and activate the "Family Safety" icon.

  • Enter the registration data in the corresponding check-boxes.
  • Select the account you created for the child and click on the link displayed at the top of the window.
  • After you reach the "Family Safety" page, activate your child's account and make the appropriate settings.

Service tools and their purpose

In the window that opens, you can set the appropriate Internet security settings specifically for your child.

  • Web filter - you can restrict access to certain resources of the Internet network. Also, parents have the opportunity (the following tool with the same name) to create white and black lists of sites. Please note that filters can be combined with each other. For example, the lists of allowed or forbidden sites that you create will also be correctly taken into account by the service that monitors the main means of protection.
  • Report creation is an option that allows you (the administrator) to view brief information about which sites the child visited and how long it spent there, and what programs it downloaded from the Web or used on a computer.
  • Limitation of time - you are given the right to set a limit on the use of Internet traffic, according to the specified hours of activity. That is, the Internet connection security system takes full control.
  • Restriction of games and applications - two independent tools with which you can close the child access to the use of a particular software product.

Incredibly convenient service, which, as it is called, can subtly denote the unsteady line between the concepts "can" and "impossible." It makes sense to activate the option "Prohibit downloading files, especially when the child is just learning the rules of security on the Internet and is not completely sure of their actions.

Step # 3: Antivirus protection

It is hard to imagine what can happen to a user's machine (PC) when working on the Web, if it does not have the appropriate software, which is capable of countering malicious code in the form of various software viruses. But the information security of children on the Internet directly depends on the effectiveness of anti-virus protection. For example, a popular software product Kaspersky Internet Security blocks unwanted sites for viewing. This antivirus has in its arsenal of built-in filters, including its own "Parental Control", so to speak, increased vigilance. However, there are many equally effective software solutions, the "vigilance" of which sometimes may seem to an inexperienced user excessive, since the built-in firewall requires certain specialized knowledge of the configuration. Despite this, in order to ensure the full safety of children on the Internet, parents should learn all the nuances and subtleties of anti-virus "tuning."

Some tricks, or What the inquiring mind of a child is capable of

First of all, make sure that your administrator login password is out of reach for anyone. Secondly - your child can easily bypass some restrictions by changing the system time in the BIOS of your computer. The elementary decision - put a reliable password on access to the base system.

Summing up

Only when your child knows the basics of security on the Internet, understands and unquestioningly fulfills the recommendations of his parents, the Network becomes that very source of joy and new knowledge. However, we all need to understand that without the organization of unobtrusive but effective control, all our efforts to protect our children from the harmful effects of corrupt information are reduced to nothing. So do not rely very much on software protection tools, do not exclude educational work after you make sure that all the "gaps" are eliminated. Be wiser, because any barrier can be circumvented, but it is unlikely that someone will succeed in deceiving one's senses. Fruitful work for you with children!

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