How safe are we?

My friend is on the internet often. He loves to DL application files,  productive programs, some not so productive (just for fun), he loves games and so on. With so many security programs to choose from and the many feature of each, I am not sure if he is being as safe as can be. Nowadays people are dependent on social network sites, they spend much of their time in the internet. In addition, in the internet they show their phone numbers, address, photos. Moreover, they talk with unknown people. It is dangerous. All of it because people forgot about their safety in the internet. There are very many stories about hackers, especially in Russia. In instance women meet boys in the social network site and begin talking. It always has very bad consciences. We see username and not more.

However, the course of using the internet and your computer, you may have come in to contact with computer viruses. Many computer viruses are stopped before they can start. Computer viruses are often spread by attachments in email messages or instant messaging messages. That is why it is essential that you never open email attachments unless you know whom it is from and you are expecting it.

To help avoid computer viruses, it is essential that you keep your computer current with the antivirus tools. Also, try not to talk with unknown people. You should not watch strange videos and play not official games. Remember that internet is an illusion, try live right now in real life reading books traveling and talking with people))

Nowhere to hide

It's not a good day for your privacy – just sit down and relax as they tend to track you more and more

Nowadays there are lots of serious discussions on violation of civil rights, and the consequences of these arguments remain very unclear. The question of privacy, especially the privacy in the Internet is one of the most important and heavily discussed ones among them.

The problems appear the very moment you've gone online. First you just surf the Net, navigating through numerous websites. Although the sites don't know your name at this point, they still try to collect the possible information about you, and what is seen in their databases really excites. For example, it is possible to obtain the specifications of your computer and your web browser as well as your current location. To say more, they can even know something about your personality by, for example, tracking your search requests.

Then it turns out that a plenty of the useful services on the Internet require the users to be registered, so you're made to tell not only your name (which is possible to invent if you don't want your real name to be known), but often also your e-mail address and your mobile phone number. Now all your online activity is linked to your actual data. Obviously, the privacy policies of the majority of such services assure us that the personal information of this kind is used only in users' favour etc. However, judging by several cases we can say that when it comes down to a government request, the information on you is easily given and the conditions of use allow the services to act in this way. Finally, if you have some personal files, such as your photos, online, you've got to be prepared to find out that you're actually not the only owner because generally the government and the hackers can simply access it, and the more information you share on social networks, the more aspects of your life the world knows.

So I believe that as for today, the best way to protect your privacy and prevent lack of your personal data is not to use Internet. We can try our best to reduce the privacy issues, but no one who uses the Net is really anonymous and safe at this point.

THEY ARE ALL THE SAME, AREN'T THEM?

Nowadays a lot of stereotypes exists all over the world. Everyone uses stereotypes on a daily basis. Some of the stereotypes show good qualities of a person, for example, a common stereotype about Asian people is that they are good at math and science, but the other are offensive and humiliating. Majority of them are patently offensive for people which they treat. Also not all of them are true. We have to exclude this stereotypes from our life and to live in a consent with all people on our planet. We have to stop judging people on their nationality, race or gender. Unfortunately, stereotypes can lead to prejudice and discrimination (racism - believing that one race is better than other and sexism - believing that one gender is better than other). Stereotypically thinking can also lead to genocide. Stereotypes are one of the most important problems in our world because we use them to give an identity to people with whom we have never had meaningful contact and stereotypes harm the people they describe. We need to realize that all people are different and unique and we need to learn how to appreciate it. It is in everyone's best interest to avoid thinking in stereotypes because no one wants to be judged based on superficial characteristics and there is no such thing as a "good" stereotype. People should be defined by a combination of their personality, abilities and actions - not by group identities. 

Am I Safe at my computer?


I’ve posed that question and others to myself many times. Are the e-mail’s I send  truly secure?  Who else can see what I see? Sure in a perfect world we all would like to believe we‘re safe but the simple fact is that we are not safe all the time and the world is not perfect. Nowadays it's really easy to “hack” somebody's computer or account on the social network.

Everyone can be hacked from regular user to government. Your personal data can be stolen and hackers will use it for there own interests. They can blackmail you or if it's a bank account they will just stole your money. With the government situation is much more serious because hackers can steal  some really important information and it can cause serious problems. If you are a celebrity hackers can steal your personal photos or just any personal information about you and blackmail you to get money sometimes this information can damage your reputation or even ruin your career. The same can happen with ordinary people.

So how to be safe? Here are some tips that can help.Do not open any e-mail massages or files if you're unsure or suspicious about who sent them. If you do not have anti-virus software, it is highly recommended that you obtain and install anti-virus software on your computer and set it to check all files as they come into your computer.

Personally, I don't think that I'm in some kind of danger while I'm using my computer because I have nothing important on it so even if my computer will be hacked they won't get anything important.

Nowhere to hide

Nowadays problem of privacy takes place in life of each person. We all know that most of the time we are watched by cameras on the streets, in cafés or cinemas. We even are controlled on the Internet, some robots scan our messages or listen to our phone calls and keep this information for some reason.

Of course, one of the most unpredictable things is the Internet. To be truthful there is no one who knows what information of him is online and which isn’t.  

Actually, there is no one who will be totally private and it worries everyone a lot. People of course don’t want their private information, photos to be kept ‘somewhere’. But there are citizens who are not against of cameras because it can save us from thefts or vandalism on the streets, in shops.

I am totally sure that the government has all information about every person but I hope that it will be used just in useful cases or danger of someone. Now most part of people is against cameras but when something is happening to them everything they can do – go to police office or check some cameras near the place of incident. This is strange when people trying to protect their privacy impair their lives, put it in danger.

In my opinion, nowadays private life doesn’t exist in social world but it may be in the mind. I think people are to submit it because there is no way to change this enormous system.

How safe am I?

In my opinion, people don't raise enough awareness to online safety related issues. Common concerns include spam, computer viruses, cyberstalking and cyberbullying. Bullies have always been around but, nowadays, the internet gives them an opportunity to bring their actions to a whole new level, as they can harass others anonymously, without facing any consequences afterwards.

In order to stay safe from such users, you should follow these steps. First of all, don't share your current home address, phone number with people who you've never met in real life. Even if you're sure there's no risk in sharing personal details with someone on the Internet, avoid doing that for precaution's sake.

Secondly, if you find any unwanted information about yourself online, recheck all of the privacy settings for online profiles, delete accounts you don't use anymore.

In addition, be careful with junk e-mails and advertisements on sites: don't open, forward, or respond to the ones with inappropriate material.

The Internet is a great way to learn something new and communicate with other people. However, sometimes it can turn against you instead of helping so use it very carefully:)