Parents need to play an active role in providing a safer Internet experience for their children
The above scenario, unfortunately, is pretty common today, where children come across negative content online from time to time. Parents may find it difficult to monitor what their children are doing online whom they talk to, the sites they visit and the games they play. And they can’t simply take away the Internet from their children as the online world is very much part and parcel of today’s children’s lives.
Now, DiGi Telecommunications has initiated an effort to help parents provide a safer Internet experience for their young. It’s offering two-pronged protection to its broadband customers through a collaboration with McAfee — subscription to McAfee Internet Security and McAfee Family Protection.
“This is an anti-virus and family protection service from real-time viruses, malware and spam. It shields children from exposure to inappropriate Web content, social networking risks and other online threats,” says DiGi head of broadband Mohd Nazeem Mohd Nasir.
What’s cool about the service is that it has an Internet messaging traceability feature. This means parents can trace whom their children chat with online and the history of the messages.
It also has a time allocation feature where parents can limit Internet access to their children when they are at work. “If the kids start giving out personal info such as home address to strangers, the system will alert their parents,” explains Mohd Nazeem.Though there are no serious cyber threat incidents in the country as yet, it’s important that parents take precaution for their children. With the popularity of social networking and online gaming, the unseen threats could just be a click away.
The online protection service is available at shop.digi.com.my/mcafee.
NST
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