Comment on Is there an extensive guide on how to protect kids on the internet?

DrunkenPirate@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• EngineerGaming@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  • 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)

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  • notthebees@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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)

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• VintageGenious@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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?

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  • phdepressed@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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.

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    • dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      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.

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      • DrunkenPirate@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 day 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)

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    • VintageGenious@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thanks

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  • 0x0@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    netiquette

    Net etiquette, be friendly, don’t ask stupid questions, etc…

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• CubitOom@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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