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What Parents & Children Should Know About the Risks of Online Gaming ?

Some kids are playing video games for fun, some kids are interested in eSports. Some games can be played offline, some online. These days most of the kids are focused in playing online game, including multiplayer scenario where kids play together with other gamers. Online gaming is exciting, fun to play and engage. But there is other side to it, RISKS . Here’s a beginner-friendly guide to understanding those risks and how to stay safe. 1. Cyberbullying In most of the online games there is one feature that allows players to communicate with one another, which can sometimes lead to negative and aggressive interactions. Cyberbullying occurs when a player uses the game’s chat or voice features to scold, threaten, or harass other players. This can affect a child’s mental and emotional well-being. Also this might slowly lead your kid to learn those kind of behaviours. How to stay safe : Being a parents, your responsibility is to encourage and teach your child to report any bullyin...

1.What is Cybersecurity ? Why Should We Care ? (For Beginners)

Let's try to make this explanation simple as much as possible. Cybersecurity knowledge helps to learn and protect our devices, personal information, and online activities from hackers and scammers. Imagine someone stealing your photos, spying on your messages, or getting access to your bank accounts for stealing money because of some link clicks. We are involved in downloading software, games, apps . . . without caring much about official download site . . . doing this will open doors for malware into your computer / smartphones. And depending on the job of that malware : it might start spying you, or it might encrypt or lock down your important documents . . . many more. For beginner students, it means avoiding harmful links and protecting your accounts. Staying away from strangers in online world. For beginner parents, it’s about safeguarding your family’s privacy and guiding kids toward safe online practice and habits. Cyber threats are real, but with the right steps, you...

2. Create Strong Passwords : Your First Step to Online Safety

Strong Passwords = Stronger Protection Welcome back to another beginner friendly guide from cybersafesteps . We mostly listen everywhere that the password must be hard and strong. How can we achieve this ? And why we should care ? A hard / strong password is our first line of defense against (un-ethical) hackers. Imagine someone easily guessing your password and accessing your phone or laptop or email accounts or personal information, photos, bank accounts e.t.c. We regularly see passwords like admin, admin123, cityname, cityname123 e.t.c., right ? Always practice to avoid common mistakes like using your name, birthdate, cityname, phone number or other simple words. Instead, create a unique, hard and strong password with a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. Example: “C@B3rS#f3SteP$259”. Never use same one passwords across different sites. Imagine, if you used same password for multiple accounts, then if one gets hacked, other will be hacked too. Make a h...

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