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Is there an extensive guide on how to protect kids on the internet? (self.technology)
submitted 1 week ago by VintageGenious to c/[email protected]
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With the years I learned some rules of behavior on internet, but I wonder if there is some kind of extensive guide for parents who are not experienced with technology.

For example, I don't think content blockers are a good idea for teenagers. It works for kids, but teenagers will find workarounds because parents were lazy about teaching them the dangers and instead used a spyware app.

Here is a bad written list of some obvious rules:

  • Be anonymous
  • Use private social media accounts
  • Do not tell any personal information
  • Use ad blockers
  • Learn to recognize ads
  • Learn to recognize AI generated text and images
  • Learn to recognize scam
  • Understand consent
  • Learn to prevent blackmail
  • Learn to prevent grooming
  • Learn how fake pornography is and the unrespectful content

But I wish there was some kind of step by step guide

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[–] [email protected] 92 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)
  • Learn to recognize pishing mail and sms
  • Do not share nude pics of yourself (even not to your boy/girlfriend)
  • Do not upload pics of your face to funny AI apps
  • Learn to recognize and ignore social media trolls
  • Learn netiquette writing style in social media
  • Do not write bad things about colleagues and boss in emails at work
  • Recognize dark shopping patterns such as time counter, discounts, voucher height
  • Recognize fake shops
  • Recognize no returns (Chinese) shops
  • Recognize gambling patterns in games such as loot boxes, rewards and more for real money
  • Understand the money loss through subscription schemes
  • Do not buy now and pay later

Sorry for this long list. It’s just a terrible place for kids

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Do not share nude pics of yourself (even not to your boy/girlfriend)

With automatic cloud backup, even taking a nude photo with a connected device is a risk. And once you upload it to the Internet, it's out of your control. You can put your trust in a company but we've seen them fail to protect your data so many times.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)
  • Do not upload pictures of your face ANYWHERE, period - including private chats
  • Do not use any name even resembling your real one, or rederencing your known interests
  • If something asks for a phone number, avoid using it
  • If it is mandatory (like for government services) or very hard not to use (like Whatsapp or Telegram), ask the parent first, maybe there is an aliasing solution
  • If the data sharing is mandatory, try digging deeper for alternative options because it may turn out to be not so mandatory
  • Do not post anything political or even remotely questionable in the current climate (should be talked about with the parent), and must understand you can be arrested for pretty much anything and be made an example of
  • Each time an application is installed, think about what data it is able to access, pay attention to permissions
  • Prefer FOSS programs for everything possible
  • Learn to treat a Windows PC or a non-degoogled phone as a fundentally unprivate device and learn to not trust them with personal things (if I were a parent, I'd install a privacy-preserving OS on a device prior to giving it to a kid anyway)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Not even like video calls. People can take screenshots. That's happened to me in the past. (I was an adult when it occured but my point still stands)

[–] VintageGenious 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Thank you !

Now I should add

  • Learn to recognize malwares
  • Learn to block disturbing people and to ignore haters

Can you explain what you meant by netiquette and do noy pay later?

[–] phdepressed 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There's a lot of "services" like Klarna where you buy now for payments split over several months. At first glance these often seem ok but they're essentially loans with credit card interest rates.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If the BNPL offer comes with 0% interest and you pay with debit, or a credit card that you always pay off timely, I don't see how it can be such a bad thing. Spending your money immediately, especially with the inflation accounted for, a fix $50 over twelve or twenty-four months means you actually came out ahead theoretically, since your money went further.

The only catch here is of course that vendors will price their goods accordingly, where BNPL or loans will be the only way to afford their goods.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I issue with subscriptions and pay later schemes is, that you loose sight of what you have paid, will pay next weeks/ months and what amount of money you still have left.

Taking inflation into account for anything that is below 100k and over more than 5 years, is just ridiculous, to say it in plain words, sry.

In short you live day to day with your money without any planning if you let your cash flow out by itself (subscriptions, loans)

[–] VintageGenious 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Someone mentioned dark patterns below.

This link might be helpful -> https://www.deceptive.design/types

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

netiquette

Net etiquette, be friendly, don't ask stupid questions, etc...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I disagree with the "don't ask stupid questions" any question you ask might be viewed as stupid by someone who knows the answer. Better to say "don't ask questions you know are stupid".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

Or ones the answer to which is the very first result in a web search.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Great list, I would just suggest to recognize all dark patterns. It's not like only shopping sites use them.