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Today it seems, technology continues to increase in the usefulness it has, however it appears with more technology, it becomes easier for people to isolate. With the increased technology comes less of a reason for people to have to meet face to face. Although this serves its purposes, the question arises as to what kind of detrimental impact this may have in the future.

Human nature requires socialization for optimal survival. This does not mean people will die without social interaction, but rather the lack of interaction fosters the development of emotional and mental problems. Studies have shown infants without social interaction are more prone to death than are those who are enabled the ability to establish a social relationship with another individual acting as their caretaker.

Although the studies do not extend into adulthood, the assumption is this kind of research supports problems endured later in life. Humans started as civilizations having to work together for survival and later dispersed into more independent roles. Considering this, what do you think?

Online and You

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Nowadays there are so many options to what we can do online. There is the ability to do things, such as social networking, chat, email, web sites, blogs, and so much more. Although these types of thing have they're advantages, there is also disadvantages that come along with them.

With so many options available, it is important to remember safety. Remembering safety will allow users to enjoy the abundance of items available today. This means not replying to unknown emails or responding to questions on whether an individual is alone at home.

These types of tips are essential to remember besides anything else. If you do not have safety, then there exists little reason to worry about anything else. One reason for this, has to do with the ability that people have today in obtaining information about an individual. So always remember safety regardless to what it is you are doing on the web and you are sure to enjoy every aspect of what technology has to offer.

Tips For Remaining Safe on The Web

Best Ways to Stay Safe Online

1. Never Give Out Personal Information:   

   • Address
   • Last Name
   • Phone Number
   • For Youth's
   • Parent's work address/telephone number
   • Name or Location of school without parent or teacher's consent

2. Protect Passwords:   

   • Do not give out your on-line passwords to anyone
   • Change passwords frequently

3. Careful Who You Send Your Picture To:

   • This applies to both adults and youth's. You never know who is on the other side claiming to be. Always check with your parents if a minor and adults should use common sense when doing stuff like this.

4. Don't Respond to Messages that Make You Uncomfortable:

   • Adults, again use common sense. Replying to messages that may be scams, only confirms your email is real and makes the situation worse. Other messages, you may want to block if on a social networking site.
   • Anyone living with their parents, should tell them or a teacher if they get a message that makes them feel uncomfortable in anyway, so they can contact the on-line service

5. Be Weary of Offers of Money or Gifts for Nothing:

   • This applies to anyone at any age. You never get anything for nothing and this may be a way for them to get personal information or something else from you, as part as a scam. If it sounds to good to be true, it most definitely is.

6. Never Tell Anyone On-line Your Home Alone:

   • Again, this applies to anyone at any age, since older adults can be at risk too, when alone. Remember, it does not matter how old you are, there are still risks and they should be avoided.

7. Know What Your Downloading

   • For the younger generation, make sure it is ok with your parents before you start downloading stuff. As for the adults, make sure you have anti-virus software installed in order to protect from viruses, especially when you are downloading.

8. Avoid Pornographic Sites

   • This applies to all ages. Many of these sites have viruses on them when they are free sites, as for youth's, there are better things to do then look at stuff like this. If you happen to come across this, tell your parents so they know that there might be a virus on the computer.

9. Know Dangers of Meeting People:

   • Women and men have to heed caution when thinking of meeting someone they have met online. There are a lot of weird and sick people out there and you just never know who you will meet.
   • Youth's, never meet anyone without the consent of your parents. If your parents agree to you meeting the person, meet them only in a public place with your parents and never at you house.

10. Teens Only

    1. Communicate with parents about rules for going online
    2. Do not use inappropriate language while talking online
    3. Ask parents before filling out guestbooks, due to viruses
    4. Never enter chatrooms or other discussion rooms without checking with your parents
    5. When in a chatroom an inappropriate discussion comes up, leave.
    6. Keep your computer in an open place so your parents can see what your doing online

The Lurking Dangers of Online

Online dangers range on two ends of the scale. One side regards the stealing of one's identity or financial information, while the other end deals with viruses. Well, everyone has their own opinions on the matter of what is worst, but it all boils down to the need to protect oneself and family online.

As many of the people saw, on my last post I discussed the need for reputation management in some cases. Honestly, who would have thought we would have to worry about someone bad mouthing us online and tearing apart our business as a repercussion? Unfortunately the internet does not just involve predators, viruses, bad mouthing, but rather a whole array of different hidden dangers that people need to watch for.

On one occasion, I remember how someone hacked into my computers (mac) and stole a whole bunch of programs from the computer that were worth quite a bit of money. After doing this, they were so kind as to trash a lot of the stuff on my computer, so that it would no longer work and also did me the favor of hacking into the router and gaining control of that while they were at it. I mean, how kind. Prior to this, my PC had a virus that took pictures of all the information that I was doing on the computer. This virus was so intelligent, just imagine if the person behind it actually used their mind for good rather than this nonsense.

Unfortunately without the right protection on your computer or the knowledge of how to use the computer, this is the type of stuff that happens. With the mac, I had the airport on since this was new to me and I did not understand it and the PC, well PC and I have always had our differences, but slowly he and I are starting to get better acquainted. For some reason the mac turned out as an easier computer for use, after learning the ins and outs of it, rather than the PC, which has been a struggle for years. For some reasons, I'm very good at getting viruses on it, whether or not there is a anti-virus on it.

Soon I'll write more on this matter and would enjoy any comments people have to offer. Thanks.