Protect yourself from cyberstalkers

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3 years ago

Hello everyone! The very important topic today

---> Protection from cyberstalkers.

Yesterday I wrote about one form of digital violence - cyberstalking. If you missed, check here: https://read.cash/@AngryKoala/cyberstalking-digital-violence-46170b4c

Today, I will write about protection from cyberstalkers.

First thing is to protect your personal information and privacy online --->

  • Review your privacy settings on social media sites. Since this is where cyberstalkers love to spy on their victims, make sure that you’re not sharing too much. Adjust your settings so only people from your friends’ list can see your photos, updates, and personal info. Also, avoid accepting strangers to your social media networks.

  • Avoid putting geotag on social networks. Also, you can turn off geotagging to remove location-disclosing metadata from your photos.

  • Facebook events are great for planning, but they can also be the worst in terms of privacy. When appearing in the feed, they can show your stalker where and when to find you and indicate your interests.

  • Set strong and unique passwords for your online accounts and don’t share them with anyone.

  • Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) where possible to get an extra layer of security. This way, even if someone gets ahold of your credentials, they won’t be able to hack your account.

  • Cyberstalkers can exploit the poor security of public Wi-Fi networks to snoop on your online activity. Therefore, avoid sending private emails or sharing your sensitive information when connected to unsecured public Wi-Fi. Or you can use a VPN service like NordVPN, which will encrypt your online activity and protect your private data from unwanted snoopers.

  • Check how much information one can find about you online – or, in other words, check your “Google ability”. If you see that there’s too much a cyberstalker could find out about you by simply running a search on Google, try to take some information down.

  • Don’t open suspicious messages and don’t click on unknown links or files. They are likely to contain malware that will infect your devices. Using an antivirus is also a good step in securing yourself from digital threats.

I hope this advice could be useful to you.

In what ways do you protect your privacy and security online? Feel free to comment and share your opinion.

#digitalviolence #cyberstalking #stalkers #online #protection #security #safety

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3 years ago

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grret article there mate

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3 years ago

Thank you, @dareem007

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3 years ago

Ulazeći na kojekakve airdrop sajtove, zakačio sam napad na Gmail, Google account, mobitel tražio potvrdu da sam se to ja logirao iz Indije. Nekoliko puta sam odbio klikom na NO! u dijaloškom okviru. Šta bi se desilo da recimo izasna greškom kliknem na YES!?

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3 years ago

U tom slucaju, ostao bi bez mejla i svega sto je povezano sa tim mejlom. Na primer, paypal, adv cash, payeer, crypto wallet, a samim tim i bez novca. Takodje, mnogo privatnih informacija bi doslo u posed napadaca i mogao bi sledeci cyber napad da bude na tvoje prijatelje ili clanove porodice.

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3 years ago

very nice post

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3 years ago

Thank you @lea965

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3 years ago

Baš sam uplašena.Meni se nekoliko puta desilo da mi neko ulazi na na nalog i raznih zemalja.

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3 years ago

Hvala na podeljenom iskustvu. Da li je nacinjena neka steta? Kako si resila taj problem?

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3 years ago

This is a really good article when it comes to data protection.

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3 years ago

Thank you :)

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3 years ago

Unortunately, there are many very sick people, and that is why we need to be extremely careful on the interent!

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3 years ago

Keep safe your privacy and passwords

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3 years ago

Very good post.

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3 years ago

Thank you, @apela

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3 years ago

Korisna informacija-- hvala

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3 years ago

Nema na cemu :)

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3 years ago

Super clanak

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3 years ago

Thanks

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3 years ago

tesko se od njih sacuvati...

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3 years ago

Tesko jeste, ali moramo da naucimo kako da zastitimo sebe i druge

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3 years ago