cyber safety 101
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Tips and TricksCyber Safety
Live life to the fullest online, but take necessary precaution
Focus on balanced approach; No need for paranoia or anxiety.
Awareness of legal aspects (IT Act simplified)
Explaining Myth of Anonymity.ROI of cyber crime.
Objective
Safety is a sensible approach towards all things.Not about curtailing ones own interest &Not getting ruled by fear.Not giving up your rights. It is safeguarding your well being while doing everything you want to do (sometimes from yourself).
Ideally security should only inconveniences bad folks. But in practice some minor inconvenience happens to good folks.
What is Safety ?
Anything that you didn’t want to happen; Usually potential to cause,
Embarrassment, HumiliationFear and ParanoiaAttack on Privacy.Mental Health IssuesPhysical Hurt
What is Breach of Security/Safety ?
15 year old Bangalore boy suspended from school as he posted obscene content on the school page and many other Facebook pages.
Filed a police complaint with cybercrime police station.
Realized that impersonator was his own cousin.
True Story 1 (Identity Theft)
Strong PasswordsNever reveal your passwords to anyone.Change passwords often
Audit the sessions (look for sessions and see if anything suspicious)
Do not write them down anywhere use password managers.
Enable 2 factor authenticationGoogle authenticator.OTP (One time password)
Password Management
It is illegal to impersonate anyone online.
It is illegal to transmit(upload, email, forward, whatsapp etc.) obscene images/messages online.
Punishable by up-to 3 years of imprisonment
Legal Aspects
True Story 2 (Revenge Images)
Source : Internet
Do not take any pictures which can not be made public.
Do not store anywhere images of such nature.
Do not peer pressure friends into taking such picture.
Talk to authorities and parents if someone does force you to take pictures.
Safety Measures
Transmitting nude pictures with or without consent is illegal in India.
Do not forward any message with such content.
Inform an authority if you notice such things
Legal Aspects
Establishing the Trust
Gaining Information
Breach and Misuse.
Many Stories – Same Pattern
Anyone who you have not interacted IRL well enough is a stranger.
Keep your profiles and accounts private (Friends only). Create multiple circle of trust if need to be.
Always talk to trusted adults about any suspicious characters online.
Research an app/software/platforms/Games when you download.
Be Aware and Speak Up.
Preventive Thumb Rules
Block the offensive person. You don’t need to explain the act.
For severe cases report the abuse to the platforms (FB, Twitter, Google) and authorities (Teacher, Parent, Cybercrime cells) etc.
Once account is recovered follow preventive steps.
Don’t be a Victim, it wasn’t your fault.
Recovery Thumb Rules
Approach to Posting 3 Filter Test !
Send
Is it worth it ? (long term)
Will it hurt
Anyone ?
Is it Legal ?
In spite of Tors, secrete/snap chats and self destructing messages, no one is truly anonymous.
Every time you send a message you leave your digital footprint in phones, SIM cards, memories, telecom towers, servers, gateways, browsers, routers.
Finally No One is Anonymous
