#do yall kids just. not have internet safety courses anymore?

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Can’t believe if I have to say it but… if someone you don’t know and have never interacted with sends you a link to a website you CANNOT verify as safe do NOT click the link.

People can spoof websites to make them look like popular and trusted sites. Then they can steal your data. And sell it.

Y’all need to learn basic internet safety I’m sorry.

Think of it like this… if someone you don’t know out of nowhere emails or texts you a link to donate money to them, no matter what story they attach, would you click on it? Or would you report it as junk mail or as a phishing email/text?

I WOULD HOPE THE LATTER!

It’s the same online on a public platform.

Do NOT click links from people you DO NOT KNOW. It doesn’t matter if someone else vetted them supposedly or not. You don’t know that person either! The only person you can trust to keep you safe online is yourself!

Do not respond to possible phishing messages. Do not click on suspicious links to other websites. If you would mark it as spam or junk if it was a text message or email, treat it the same way on tumblr