Posting photos of your child on the Internet has hidden dangers that you cannot even imagine
The temptation to share personal content on social media is very big today, and we often end up publishing things that we should not: home address, for example, or photos of young children.
It seems to have become a habit, which we all do very lightly, focusing only on the positive results that can come from sharing a photo.
However, putting photos of minors on the Internet conceals pitfalls and not a few dangers, which are often hard to think about. Here below we have explained what they are.
- 1. If the password of your current account is the date of birth of your child
Under the profile of information security, the theft of credentials or cyber scams, photos, movies, and more on their children are likely to become a serious danger. It takes very little to inadvertently help a hacker to find the right password for a bank account. Tell the truth, you also have some passwords that have to do with your child, right?
- 2. From cyberbullying to "old-fashioned" bullying
An apparently harmless post can attract the attention of some overbearing classmate, risking to go from online threats to physical violence.
- 3. Identity theft and digital kidnapping
Thanks to the uncontrolled mass of data and information circulating on the web, hackers often have everything they need to steal someone's identity and use it for the most diverse purposes. Among the most recent and disturbing phenomena are digital kidnappings, which have as their protagonists, young children, often with obscure and dramatic epilogues.
- 4. If it is on the internet it will be forever
Publishing images, videos or online messages means leaving a virtually indelible digital footprint. Even when you think you have deleted everything, you can still recover data after years. Any content may be harmful in the future for the reputation, career or social life of your children.
- 5. The question of privacy
Just because they are children does not mean that they have no right to their own privacy or want to manage their own image. Sharing content that your children may find embarrassing and too personal can be perceived as an invasion and make them feel very uncomfortable.
- 6. When the right information falls into the wrong hands
Be very careful not to post online things that can provide data and clues to rebuild the identity, habits, and preferences of your children. This information in the hands of criminals can be used to find and lure an innocent person in their trap. So it is better not to include content from which you can get home or school addresses, daily routines and personal tastes (favorite ice cream, team, game, etc.).
The main point of this article is that as in all things, moderation is needed. Furthermore, we must remember that our children are people, not something to show off. Certain things, no matter if they are so beautiful that we want to shout it out to the whole world, have true value if kept to ourselves.
