Safe Web Surfing: Top Tips for Kids and Teens Online

Summary

In this Wellcast episode, we dive into essential internet safety tips to protect kids and teens while surfing online. With the growing time spent on the web, it's crucial to stay informed and secure. The video covers four primary tips: the permanence of online posts, the importance of keeping personal information private, ensuring smartphone safety, and handling hacking incidents wisely. By adopting these practices, young internet users can protect their digital footprints and maintain their privacy and security online.

Highlights

• Start by googling your name to see what's out there about you. It's fun and wise! 🔍
• Set your social media accounts to the strictest privacy settings. Shield up! 🛡️
• Avoid sharing personal info online to dodge cyberbullies and weirdos. 🚫
• Smartphones are vulnerable too, so don't take calls from strangers! 📵
• If you get hacked, change passwords, inform friends, and run antivirus software. 🔄

Key Takeaways

• The internet remembers everything, so be mindful of what you share! 🌐
• Keep your personal info private - your future self will thank you! 🔒
• Smartphones need cybersafety love too – protect those digits! 📱
• Got hacked? It's okay! Just change your password and let your buddies know. 🔐
• Backup those files – future you will be grateful! 💾

Overview

Welcome to Wellcast, where we are all about making your web-surfing as safe as a private island retreat! With everyone spending so much time online, your digital security is as crucial as your sunscreen SPF level! Let’s dive into our top tips for staying secure on the web, especially for our young audience navigating the wild digital tides.

Firstly, remember folks – anything you put online might still be floating around when you’re old and grey! To avoid future embarrassment or issues, google yourself and see what’s lurking out there. Tighten up your privacy settings on social media! Also, when we're talking smartphones, let's not forget they’re pocket-sized computers that need protecting too. So, never engage with unknown numbers!

In the unfortunate event of a hacking incident, stay calm! Change your passwords to something strong and unpredictable, notify your friends if they've received any odd messages from you, and sweep your system for intruders with antivirus software. This digital hygiene routine also involves backing up files to avoid losing precious data. It’s like digital flossing but way more rewarding!

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction and Importance of Internet Safety The chapter introduces the topic of internet safety, acknowledging the inevitability of internet use in modern life. The host welcomes the audience to a video on Youtube and expresses gratitude for their presence. The importance of staying safe while being online is emphasized, setting the stage for a discussion on internet safety.
• 00:30 - 01:00: Overview of Internet Safety Tips This chapter provides an overview of essential internet safety tips. The speaker references common advice given by parents or instructors about internet safety, but emphasizes the unique and valuable advice coming from their own experience at WellCast. They promise to share the top four crucial tips for staying safe online, beginning with the first key point: 'The internet is forever, ever, ever, ever.'
• 01:00 - 01:30: Tip 1: The Internet is Forever This chapter discusses the permanence of information shared on the internet, emphasizing that anything posted online can persist indefinitely, potentially being accessible to future generations. It advises individuals to be aware of their digital footprint by searching for their own personal information online.
• 01:30 - 02:00: Tip 2: Avoid Putting Personal Information Online The chapter emphasizes the importance of maintaining the strictest privacy settings on social networking sites. It advises against posting personal information such as phone numbers, addresses, and emails online. Highlighting statistics, the chapter notes that 73% of teens and 68% of young adults use social networking sites and approximately half of them share personal information. The potential risks include being targeted by cyberbullies or other malicious individuals. The chapter concludes by recommending consulting a trusted person regarding privacy settings.
• 02:00 - 02:30: Tip 3: Smartphone Safety Tip 3: Emphasizes the importance of smartphone safety as part of overall cyber safety. It draws a parallel between avoiding car rides from strangers and not accepting phone calls or texts from unknown numbers, advising to only interact with contacts in your list.
• 02:30 - 03:30: Tip 4: Handling Hacking Tip 4: Handling Hacking discusses the inevitability of hacking incidents when participating in online activities. It emphasizes the importance of accepting that accounts can be hacked despite precautions. The chapter provides essential steps to take post-hacking to ensure safety, starting with changing the password. It advises choosing unpredictable passwords for enhanced security, referencing a CBS article's findings on password vulnerabilities.
• 03:30 - 04:00: Recap of Internet Safety Tips The chapter "Recap of Internet Safety Tips" discusses the importance of choosing strong passwords, emphasizing that commonly used passwords like "123456" are weak and easily hacked. It advises individuals to enhance their cyber safety by enabling two-step verification for their email services. Additionally, if one’s account has been compromised and used to send out spam or phishing links, it's crucial to check the sent box and inform any affected contacts to prevent further harm.
• 04:00 - 04:30: Conclusion and Call to Action The chapter emphasizes the importance of cybersecurity measures like running antivirus software to detect potential threats on your computer. It warns that sending malicious content unknowingly is possible if a virus is present. The necessity of backing up files is stressed to prevent data loss, suggesting the use of a portable hard drive as a precautionary measure.

Safe Web Surfing: Top Tips for Kids and Teens Online Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 if you're watching this right now my powers of deduction tell me that there's about a 100 chance that you use the internet i'm so smart thanks for logging on to youtube today and checking out wellcast we're super glad you're here and since you've already conveniently placed yourself online we're going to talk to you today about internet safety now wait a minute okay before you roll your eyes and say
• 00:30 - 01:00 my mom told me all about internet safety already or my surf instructor explained to me the dangers of leaving information on the internet just hear me out all right we spend a lot of time on the internet here at wellcast and we give pretty awesome advice i think you'll agree so today we're going to give you our top four things that you absolutely need to know about internet safety are you ready tip one the internet is forever ever ever ever
• 01:00 - 01:30 that was all in-house no joke anything that you put on the internet no matter how old could be there until you have grandchildren of your own who will be googling you i mean if google is even still a thing in 40 years i mean who knows maybe bing can make a great comeback so what do you do well start by googling your name your phone number your address just to find out what's really floating around out there plus it's kind of fun if you're on social media and who isn't
• 01:30 - 02:00 use the strictest privacy settings out there tip two don't put personal information online 73 percent of teens and 68 percent of young adults are on social networking sites of those people roughly half post personal information phone numbers addresses emails don't do that if you do it leaves you open for attacks from either cyber bullies or just some weird folks who want to take advantage of you do yourself a favor and ask a trusted
• 02:00 - 02:30 friend what private information they can see on your sites if you're not happy with the answer remove it tip 3 don't forget about smartphone safety in an era of smartphones cyber safety should extend to your phone too especially when it comes to tech safety remember how your parents warned you about accepting car rides from strangers alright don't accept phone calls or texts from strangers either only answer texts and phone calls from your contact list
• 02:30 - 03:00 tip 4 handle hacking intelligently part of being a member of the world wide web is being aware that no matter how careful you are your account may get hacked getting hacked sucks but it isn't the end of the world and there are a few important things to do when you get hacked to ensure your safety a change that password and make the new one secure make it unpredictable according to a cbs article password was
• 03:00 - 03:30 the most popular password of 2012 followed by one two three four five six people we can do better than this if you're really going for all out cyber safety and you should check to see if your email service provides two-step verification it's not impossible but that is a hard nut to crack b check your sent box and let any affected people know that you were spammed especially if your account sent out a phishing link your friends deserve to
• 03:30 - 04:00 know what's up c do a sweep of your computer with antivirus software alright odds are not only did you send something nasty out to your friends you might have something nasty lurking in the recesses of your hard drive d back up your files if there's a virus your computer doesn't catch you don't want to lose everything okay backing of files is totally a chore but you'll be really happy you did it go ahead and invest in a cheap portable hard drive and keep it somewhere safe
• 04:00 - 04:30 to recap remember these points one anything you put on the internet will be there for a very long time believe me i've thought a lot about this two your personal information shouldn't be visible to everybody three do not accept phone calls or texts from strange numbers and four if you're hacked change your password check that sent box and clean off your hard drive asap
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