BE careful while using Social Media platforms
BE careful while using Social Media platforms
The
increased usage of internet services and smartphones has made
social networking one of the most popular online activities. Social media enables users to connect, communicate and share information, photographs or videos with anyone across the globe. Some of the popular social media platforms are Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,YouTube, LinkedIn,WhatsApp, Snapchat, Tinder, Hike, WeChat, Tumblr etc.
The penetration of social media is continuously increasing worldwide.The tremendous growth in use of social media platforms/ social networking platforms has provided a fertile ground to cyber criminals to engage in illegal activities
Here are some of important steps you should take to protect yourself and your information while using social media platforms
Do not share your sensitive personal photographs and videos on social media.
Do not accept friend requests from strangers on social networking sites.
Do not trust online users unless you know and can trust them in real life.
Do not share your personal information such as address, phone number, date of birth etc. on social media. Identity thieves can easily access and use this information.
Immediately inform the social media service provider, if you notice that a fake account has been created by using your personal information.
Do not share your vacations, travel plans etc. on social media.Always keep
location services turned off on your devices unless necessary.
Share your photos and videos only with your trusted friends by selecting
right privacy settings on social media.
Always use a strong password by using alphabets in upper case and lower
case, numbers and special characters for your social media accounts.
Do not allow social networking sites to scan your email account to look for
your friends and send spam mails to them without your consent or knowledge.
Do not
announce your vacations, travel plans etc. on social media.Criminals can use it
as an opportunity for theft etc. When chatting with someone online and you feel
suspicious about your
chat
partner, try asking some unrelated scientific or mathematical questions. If it
does not answer or acknowledge the question, it may mean that you are chatting
with an automated computer bot.
Do not use
public computer/ cyber cafe to access social networking websites, it may be may
be infected/ installed with a key logger application which will capture your
keystrokes including the login credentials.
Many social networking sites prompt you to download third-party applications that lets you access more pages. Do not download unverified third-party applications without doing research about its Safety
Do not
hesitate to report, if someone is posting offensive and abusive content on
social media.
Do not share
or forward unverified posts/ news on social media forums. These may contain
fake news or contain sensitive information which may mislead people.
An initiative of Government of India to facilitate victims/complainants to
report all types of cybercrime complaints online.Complaints reported National
Cyber Crime Reporting Portal are dealt by respective police authorities of
States/ UTs based on the information provided by the complainants
If you want to report something other than Cybercrime cases or in case of
an emergency please contact your local police by dialing 100.
@CyberDost
National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal
@CyberDost@CyberDost@
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