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Safer Internet Day 2024: How Apple is looking to make tech simple and easier for kids and families
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Safer Internet Day 2024: How Apple is looking to make tech simple and easier for kids and families

[ad_1] Safer Internet Day 2024: Youngsters take to technology with ease and familiarity that is quite refreshing. Their hunger for something new and exciting draws them towards gadgets as well as the Internet to explore, communicate with the world and learn new things quickly that was undreamt of even 10 years ago. However, with tech come some dangers and here many manufacturers like Apple, look to craete some kind of guard-rails to ensure children and families are not impacted adversely - both body and mind. Keeping this in focus, families have a number of ways at their disposal to take effective action.  Here are some: Screen TimeScreen Time gives users a better understanding of the time families and kids spend using apps, visiting websites, and on devices overall. They can get weekly...
Safer Internet Day: Make WhatsApp a safe space for messaging with these simple tips
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Safer Internet Day: Make WhatsApp a safe space for messaging with these simple tips

[ad_1] It's Safer Internet Day! It is a day that has established itself as a key event promoting online safety. It is celebrated on 7th February every year. Back in 2004, it started as part of the EU SafeBorders project and was quickly adopted by the Insafe network in 2005. Today, it is celebrated in around 180 countries globally. The aim of Safer Internet Day is to bring attention to the current concerns and new challenges in the online world. In this era of tech, WhatsApp has become a popular and essential part of our daily life. To make sure the experience always remains secure, here are some safety tips for users to follow this Safer Internet Day.WhatsApp Security tipsAdd a layer of security: WhatsApp provides an additional level of security for its users through the Two-Step Verif...
Safer Internet Day: CERT-In and Koo App promote cybersecurity awareness
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Safer Internet Day: CERT-In and Koo App promote cybersecurity awareness

[ad_1] Cyber crime is rampant and hundreds of thousands of people are affected on a daily basis by some kind of fraud or the other. In 2022, India saw over 13 lakh cyberattack incidents, making cybersecurity a key concern of all sectors. However, it need not be so. All it needs is to adopt a safer way to surf the Internet. Raising awareness about this are the Government of India and messaging app Koo. In a joint effort to promote online safety, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), the Government of India, and Koo have come together to raise awareness about cybersecurity attacks, frauds, and crimes on the occasion of Safer Internet Day observed every year on the first Tuesday in February 2023. The colla...
WhatsApp released guide to safe and private messaging ahead of Safer Internet Day
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WhatsApp released guide to safe and private messaging ahead of Safer Internet Day

[ad_1] A day ahead of Safer Internet Day, instant messaging platform WhatsApp is raising awareness by talking about the importance of digital safety, safety tools and product features that empower people to take control of their online life and safeguard personal information.Safer Internet Day 2023 will be observed on February 7 with celebrations and learning based around the theme 'Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online'. On Monday, instant messaging platform WhatsApp, as part of its effort to raise awareness around safety tools and product features, released a guide to safe and private messaging. The guide finds mentions of how to spot scams, and misinformation to safeguard personal information. WhatsApp's user guide hopes to drive conversations aroun...