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=Know Who You Are Talking To=

It is true that the Internet is an incredible tool that can be used for school, work or whatever you may need. However, there is a danger when using this tool. While on the Internet the greatest threat to your safety is talking to the people that you don't know and giving them too much information about yourself. If you don't know who you are talking to it does not mean that you should just avoid them entirely. It does mean that you shouldn't pursue them. If you keep having conversations with these people on the Internet it becomes very easy to think that you are friends and can just tell them anything. There definitely is some information that you can put on the Internet, [|Doctorndtv.com] explains what information is too inappropriate. These problems would start where these predators, cyberbullies, hackers, etc. know that kids are hanging out in cyberspace. When kids get involved it is so easy for these people to cause harm because the kids are not really paying attention to the possibilities of what people can do. Chat rooms, Social Networks, and E-mail can cause your computer to become infected with viruses, spam, spyware and all kinds of other problems that you just don't want. media type="custom" key="242475"
 * Chatting**

When on the Internet you should worry about spam, viruses, and predators. It seems that this latter problem is happening more and more often. A main cause of these predators finding kids is chats. Chatting is just another great technology tool that is on the Internet because it keeps the world connected in a single conversation. What happens when kids go on unsupervised and then all kinds of predators find them? How do you protect them from that? It might be true that you cannot shut out all of the predators, but you can still teach the kids about safe use online. The first and most important thing to teach them is not to give out any private information online. When they understand this the next step is using the protection tools on the web. If the harassment continues then the person should know to get out of the chat as fast as possible. If harassment still continues through Instant Messages, Internet users should take advantage of browsers like A.O.L. that has a tool called “blocking,” which will make sure that they never come in contact with you again.


 * Social Networks**

It is very easy to figure out information about someone and social networks only makes it easier. Now social networks are also apart of Web 2.0 and they have great use, but the problem is that too many people put too much information on their page. Social Networks like Facebook and Myspace have over a million profiles individually listed on these sites. [|NYmag.com] offers a perfect example of putting too much information on a page. Another extension of the [|site] shows perfect examples of real people and how they ended up showing the world their stories. The problem with this is that as soon as information is posted to the Internet it can be somewhere else the very next second. The best way to deal with this is to limit what you put on the web. Do not accept invites from anyone that you do not know. Why is that? Because you do not know the person and even if you have a private profile they will then have full access to your profile. It would not be a surprise for a perfect stranger to know all about you. Most (if not all) of today's generation uses myspace/facebook because it allows people to keep in touch with their friends even if you are unable to see them in person.