Here is list of risks which Internet offers your kids. Beware of them!

The Internet has drastically changed the way that children interact with the world. They have easy access to in-depth knowledge, yet along with offering a fascinating, new way to connect with the world, the Internet also offers new risks. Check out this list:

• Cyberbullying – Netiquette refers to good manners on the internet and treating other people on the internet as you would like to be treated yourself. Children may not realize that they can accidentally offend someone online. Unfortunately, some people use the internet and/or mobile phones to upset or harass others. This is called “Cyberbullying”.

• Exposure to inappropriate material – Parents should be aware of children/adolescent’s exposure to inappropriate material—sexually explicit, violent, or threatening text, pictures, videos, or phone calls—through their mobile phones.

• Revealing too much personal information – Children can become become easy target for online predetors. These people ask them about their personal information, such as home addresses and phone numbers, private thoughts and feelings, and pictures. Children are so innocent that they end up telling such personal information to strangers.

• Virus and Spam – Virus is a program which disrupts the normal functioning of your computer systems. Computers attached to internet are more prone to virus attacks and they can end up into crashing your whole hard disk. Spyware is software that keeps a watch on user’s Internet activities. This can include personal information entered such as credit card and banking numbers as well as web site visits. The information is gathered and transmitted over the Internet to a receiving source. This happens without the user knowledge as it uses their computer’s resources for its own purpose.

Make sure that your child and family knows how to stay safe online and are wise netizens.

Visit www.wisenetizen.com for free guides, posters, quiz and much more. Lets make internet a safe place :)

Take Care

Sonal :)

Genuine or Scam? Make sure your child understands to identify it correctly

Parents need to teach his child to spot a fake account/ email/ link.

Start it by searching a fake account and then discuss it with your child.Guide him on how he can identify a fake account.
A) Here are some key features of a fake profile on a website.

– The profile is almost empty
When it comes to any kind of social networking website, usually real person always takes the time to fill out their online profile. Even if they were to put it off the first day they joined, a real person would go back later to fill out any information they have missed.You can keep this in mind when you accept a friend request.

– Occupation is modeling
It seems that most people who are representing fake identities always choose the modeling occupation.

– Has only one picture
If they represent themselves using just one picture more than likely it can be a fake profile

– Profile has links to adult websites
If you are talking to fake profile, you will notice that they have an URL in their profile that links to an adult related website.

– Create Drama

They try to get sympathy, create drama, talk how life is cruel with them, etc

B) Steps to keep in mind to identify fake email or URL
– Incorrect URL
Hackers use fake sites to steal your information. Watch to make sure the URL is actually the one you want to be going to— if you notice the URL is different, that’s a good indication that the site is fake and you should NOT enter your information. There’s a number of ways you can protect yourself from this:

– Sender’s Email Address
You can also check who sent the email by looking at the send address. It may say it’s from your friend, but the email id is something which you have never heard of.

– Typos
Misspellings or grammatical errors are another sure sign that the message or site is fake.

– Request for personal information
Fake emails often ask you to reply to the message with confidential information.One tactic that is commonly used by hackers is to alert you that you must provide and/or update your personal information about an account (e.g., Social Security number, bank account details, account password). Phishers will use this tactic to drive urgency for someone to click on a malicious URL or download an attachment aiming to infect the user’s computer or steal their information.

– Suspicious attachments
Is this new email in your inbox the first time your bank has sent you an attachment? The majority of financial institutions or retailers will not send out attachments via email, so be careful about opening any from senders or messages that seem suspicious. High risk attachments file types include: .exe, .scr, .zip, .com, .bat.

Here are some fake email examples, make sure you discuss these images with your child:

Let us staye safe online!

Take Care :)

Winners of our “I am Wise Netizen” drawing contest

Hello Wise Netizens,

Here are winners of our “I am Wise Netizen” drawing contest:

Kali Bokolia
Aisha Sen
Dipti Joshi

Congrats!! :)

Please support us by sharing our website details – http://www.wisenetizen.com with your friends and relatives. Let us all stay safe online!!

Wise Netizen Announces “I Am Wise Netizen” Drawing Contest for Young Kids.

Wise Netizen (www.wisenetizen.com) has launched this drawing contest on their official Facebook page, where 3 participants can win a Disney gift hamper by drawing a poster which talks about Internet safety rules. The contest ends on 20th June and the winners will be announced on 30th June 2015. Wise Netizen, a website focusing on educating young kids about Internet Safety has initiated a drawing contest titled “I am Wise Netizen” on 25th April 2015. Launched last year, http://www.wisenetizen.com helps parents and teachers to educate their kids about Internet Safety in an interactive manner with help of quizzes, posters, guides and videos available on the website.

“I am Wise Netizen” contest requires parents to register on the website and then educate their child about online safety. Then parents should ask their child to draw a poster defining Internet Safety rules. Once the poster is complete, parents need to upload a photo of the poster on their Facebook page and get maximum votes in order to win the contest.

Sonal Pawar (Founder- Wise Netizen) says, “Nowdays kids are glued to internet and educating young kids about eSafety has become an urgent need. We know that getting attention of kids especially for a topic like Internet Safety is very difficult. So we decided to come up with a drawing contest for kids and help parents to teach them online safety in an interactive manner.”
The contest will end on 20th June 2015 and 3 participants will win prize depending on the number of votes. To know more details about the contest visitwww.wisenetizen.com/contest1

About Wise Netizen:
www.wisenetizen.com is a website which focuses on promoting and educating young kids about Internet Safety. With help of Wise Netizen, parents and teacher can educate their kids about Internet Safety and make them cybersmart. They can use the resources like quizzes, videos, guides, ask an expert, posters and tips available on the website for free.

Wise Netizen helps you and your child to become cyber smart.

Check out one of PR articles written for www.wisenetizen.com Summary: Wise Netizen launches a portal http://www.wizenetizen.com to help educate parents on how to keep their children safe online. Wise Netizen promotes and educates families about online safety. Becoming a wise netizen is no longer a matter of choice – it is a compulsion. It is important for parents to make sure that their child understand eSafety. Children often become easy targets for cyber criminals. Website includes features like videos, quizzes, guides and posters. Article: Preteen children are exposed to such high levels of technology at such a young vulnerable age. They lack the maturity to behave responsibly online. It is of utmost importance that parents learn how to protect them and prevent such online dangers. A wise netizen is a person who – • Knows how to behave like a responsible digital citizen • Can protect himself and his child from cyber crime • Teaches their children proper net etiquette Wise Netizen will help and guide parents on how to use the internet wisely. It is an easy-to-use website which answers all questions without parents’ even having to ask them. Website’s experts are always on stand-by, in case parents have any queries about safe surfing. AtExpert Advice page, an expert will gladly guide parents on everything – from reporting a cybercrime to preventing one. How-To Tips on the website gives practical tips about internet safety. Website’s features videosregarding online safety and chat dangers, for example, how to stay safe on YouTube, Facebook. Parents and children can take online safety quizzes to understand the basic concepts on eSafety. For free, parents can download resources like • eSafety Tool Kits • Online safety Guides and Posters • Reports that show relevant statistics • Social Networking Guidelines for Internet safety on Facebook, Twitter, etc. Parents can use these resources to discuss safe surfing issues with children, start a dinner table discussions with articles and blog posts about cyber bullying, etc. If parents have more questions, or some doubts, then they can contact the team at http://www.wisenetizen.com. Register on the website now and become a wise netizen!

Help yourself and your family to become wise netizens with help of www.wisenetizen.com :)

It gives me immense pleasure to introduce you my website www.wisenetizen.com. Our motto is to make sure that every child becomes a wise netizen and understands basic online safety rules. Becoming a wise netizen is no longer a matter of choice – it is a compulsion. It is important for parents to make sure that their child understand eSafety. Children often become easy targets of cyber crimes which include cyberbullying, identity thefts. Globally, India ranks 3rd in cyberbullying cases. Lets make internet a safe place!

In phase one, we are targeting parents with kids from age 8 to 13 years. It is especially designed keeping these kids in mind. If you have any feedback, suggestion or can help us in any way, please drop us an email at support@wisenetizen.com or leave a comment.

Take Care

Sonal :) ~ Wise Netizen

Tips for keeping your kids safe on Instagram

These days, Instagram photos are cropping up all over Facebook and Twitter feeds. In short span of time, Instagram has become a very popular photo and video sharing service.

Few things you need to keep in mind when your child wants to start using Instagram are:

-Location Settings

Turn off the Geo-tagging or Location of photos, that way even if a photo gets out to the public, hopefully no one knows where your child is.

-Accepting Followers

If they don’t know who the person is in real life, then they shouldn’t accept them as a follower.

-Establishing rules

Establish clear rules from the beginning and state clearly that if your child does not follow them, you will ban them from using the app. If your child has a smartphone, limit access to Instagram only when he or she has WiFi, unless you have an unlimited data plan. Pictures and now videos can end up using lots of megabytes.

- Monitoring the account

Monitor their account, either by following them on Instagram or checking their mobile phone, tablet or iPod.

-Privacy Settings

By default, all Instagram accounts are public regardless of age. You have to manually make it private, and then only approved followers can see your child’s pictures.  You can set each photo to the privacy control that you are comfortable with by choosing Profile and then turning on ‘Photos are Private’.

-Leave out the phone number

If your child gives their phone number at registration, it becomes part of their public profile. Phone number is optional, so don’t enter it.

Continue to talk to your children about what they are posting and what they are allowed to post. Encourage them to talk to their friends about appropriate posting and their own privacy settings.

You can also take a look at FAQ section (Tips for Parents)  on Instagram site : http://help.instagram.com/154475974694511


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