Internet Safety

Internet is a very good tool for information sharing but it is not just a tool for information sharing. Its like a hole in your house for the rest of the world from where everybody can peek in if you don't cover it properly. Internet is the tool from where you want to know about the world outside of your hosue, but you don't want the rest of the world watch you.There are all kinds of people in the internet, some are good people trying to help others, and some are online predators always looking for good chance to harm others. Identifying these people and allowing the right people through is hard for those who are not aware of these issues. Kids are very vulnurable to online predators. They can have very bad long-term effect if they are allowed to spend a lot of time in internet by themselves. So, we must always be behind their shoulder when they use it and carefully guide them how to navigate safely through it.Recently, privacy has been a very sensitive issue. People can do many things if they know about you, and with your information they can do anything they want putting all the blame on you. This is technically called "Identity Theft". People have been left bankrupt with the help of identity theft. Not to let this happen to us, we must be careful before we disclose our private informaiton in the internet. We must be aware of who we are sharing our information with and not blame this useful tool for everything.