Topic: Dangers of the internet (Read 680 times)

Well, I no really think say internet go bring dangers to us, although nothing for this earth wey get advantage wey no get disadvantage but I think e go be dangerous to us with the way we dey handle am, because internet don bring many good and benefiting things to us like phone, we don't have to be close to each before we can pass information to one another, also be know people all around the world too but with the way our country be so now, this our generation don spoil well well, we don turn am to bad thing now, internet now na means of income in a way of scamming people, our younger ones come dey spend much time for internet pass reality, the thing don make them dey lazy, wey be say dey no get strength to work for money again rather na easy and soft money dey need through internet and e come make our girls dey go naked, the worst part of it na say dey no get shame so it really depends on us whether we go allow am to spoil us or to benefit us.

This one nah true because me seff, been don dey wonder say all those data when we dey put up for Internet despite say we dey use both normal browser and the private browser were dem really dey go? Until me seff watch one video when one UK man dey explain say any data of our self when we put up online fit dey very vital when them fit use am against us.

This no be just datas when we put up on line seff, according to the guy ehn say even deleted datas from our phone as far as that phone they connected to the Internet e fit go reach the hands of hackers

Big facts why be say dem never get any full details on the baba of bitcoin "Satoshi Nakamoto" dat baba after the creation of bitcoin just go incognito, so everything just dey like mystery. The thing is to always try to make sure your data no matter where e dey, dey completely secured.

Internet is full of fun but anything done in excess is bad. Even in this crypto space, alot of people has exposed themselves to danger just because they keep posting all about themselves on the internet. Care and measures should be taken when using the internet to avoid the risk behind the use of internet.

Normally person wey no get anything to hide no dey reason privacy, na person wey get skeleton for cupboard na e dey reason all these ones, like all these fraudsters wey don flood the internet like mosquitoes wey dey fly around. The. Talk say person wey get clear conscience no dey fear anything, as long as we dey sure say e get laws wey dey prevent people wey supposed fit access our personal stuffs wey we put online from doing so, like for those people wey dey store bank details online or other valuable informations. Before them go fit even override protocols for your head to fit release your informations wey dey online, e mean say the person don really do something wey attract international attention for e body. So as long as person just dey live en normal life dey do en things, i no sure if we go get anything to worry about or if we go dey for any danger because we dey use internet.

Normally we all should be careful, with the way we post our information online. somebody told me that everything we do with our phone such as calls, messages, chat, etc are all monitored  

It was hard to believe until I did my own research

Na true talk be dis, somebody don tell me this kind thing before sey all our information on dey safe including our chat

The reason behind why no one is saying anything about the interceptions of our data without our knowledge and permission is because those who we think are in position to say something or protest against it as also a beneficiary of the whole intrusion and there's nothing we all can really do about it.  It's just left for us to be mindful of certain informations about us we bring in online, I understand it's hard these days as we now use the internet for almost everything and for some it's the onlbmeans to their source of income and for that reason can't do without it but we should be mindful and thoughtful of not bring vital info's about our privacy online, that's just the best way to go about it.

I agree with your point and to add to this.The risks you need to be aware of are: cyberbullying (bullying using digital technology) what we all know as black mailing, invasion of privacy. identity theft(where someone uses your profile to scam people who thinks you’re the right person such a Facebook marketplace and more) so we just have to careful about the things we post and things we delete.because our data are been store using encrypted data which the raw information are still stored and you not having access to it. Just imagine opening a Facebook account 2013 and have made alt of negative information and chat among people in the internet space and thinking those data are not still available because you have deleted it but not knowing it’s still available in the Facebook server.when needs arise the data can be back date and be brought for reference purposes

You dey right actually oo because the more the technology of the good dey na so the technology of the bad still dey too, because any body way b say him or her don get in contact with internet and don put their info for somewhere definitely the info go always dey show there even if them delete am. Because these data them day dey stored no matter the size, so wetin me go advice be say make we dey put 2 time authentication to some kind tins way we know say dey important and make we still dey aware of data theft too.

Man na true way you talk, even if say we stay away from ghr internet we no go fit learn anything because as internet dey so nah area wen people wey dey smart dey work, so if we because say internet dey dangerous no use am e go affect the entire work, no be only Nigerian when e go affect.
60% of this our country workers na internet them dey work and as I go fit tell say the Internet work dey more easier than other jobs around us.

   I know say you day try make point about how easy the internet don bring to us and no doubt no body go wan deny the fact say our daily lives don improve because of the invention of the internet, but i still feel the same internet way you day praise still don cause harm to some, even with the internet crime still day go down on the steady,  this same example way you give about autopsy and forensic analysis, you still know say innocent people fit still fall victim of some circumstances, in a case where person day innocent but due to ignorance or maybe being in a right place at the wrong time they come  punish the person just because result say so person way commit crime go just day free day chop him life.
   You don see say anything way get advantage must get disadvantage, the internet good but he also get him own disadvantage, the only thing way we go just need do na to try to keep clean so that you go fit get peace of mind rather than leaving in fear.  These technologies are cute and all, it has made life more organized for all and but then can still be dangerous at the same time, make we sha do am for good.

Since everything on the internet is visible, I don't think it has privacy. Since we are only aware of our own privacy, sometimes even the things we conceal from the internet in the belief that they have been preserved are not accurate. We are unaware that the individual in charge of the entire country's internet is viewing every piece of data we save. Occasionally, our confidentiality may be disclosed with his approval. It is therefore not advisable to store important information online, as scammers can readily obtain it due to their superior intelligence.

Furthermore, to be honest everything are fine right now. In terms of technology, the internet has improved the lives of a great deal of people by making everything easier, including sending money to others and making phone calls to individuals who live far away. You can use the data instead of the recharge card. I won't claim that the internet is not, because anything that has advantages also has disadvantages, but occasionally it's a good idea to exercise caution about the content we publish online.

This matter wey you dey talk like this na true matter. As I dey check my facebook I see something wey dey related to wetting you dey talk on how Facebook dey track every of your activities and the guy futher explained how to fix this problem in other not to be tracked. Everything dey the link I shear above.

Civilizations na good thing and also get bad thing attached to am. And na the bad side dey affect Us pass. Because them fit use some private information track person down to any location for the world. Sometimes WhatsApp voice call wey you dey make, your dried fit dey record am as you dey make call with am. And fit use am against you.

Actually the fact say our browser dey block some kind malware or suspected scam sites no mean say we dey safe. There are some things wey even the browser no go fit detect because hackers are becoming more creative and wise. However most of those links wey fit cause person to spy on you, or fit make them hack your device na through downloads and clicking of links. Sometimes na even through ads wey them fit use take enter your device, why sometimes through giveaways, some of those giveaways fit actually pay oo but as e dey pay na so them dey get you down. So them get many way to take catch person e no necessary mean say them go just burst your browser No! They are very creative so we sef gats dey on guard so that we no go fall for their tricks.

Internet is full of fun but anything done in excess is bad. Even in this crypto space, alot of people has exposed themselves to danger just because they keep posting all about themselves on the internet. Care and measures should be taken when using the internet to avoid the risk behind the use of internet.

The dangers and risks are very much, because those who created some of these tools or software, firms and organisations we put in our informations, may lack Integrity or it's staffs because sometimes our information and privacies are leaked out  by these people to be invaded.
As the world is going digital, all our informations are going online into the internet. The purpose of its creation,was to connect people all around the world but as much as this opportunity, there also risk. Every day we keep hearing of how people are scammed, so many has become victims e.g(Government agencies, individuals, companies, Banks, Businesses etc.) in the internet. In everything there is Advantages and Disadvantages, the internet comes with so much benefit and makes life easier but don't focus on it's advantages alone also be careful of it disadvantage aspects. Always be careful on how you put out your personal informations out on the internet, get Tools and software to protect your details in other for your privacy not to be invaded.

I see no reason to fear. If your reason for using the internet Dy legit. E no Dy easy to get our privacy from websites wey we Dy use. Na only when u commit nay person wey u offend  fit use the internet track you.
First the Incognito of a thing na my first time to hear about am nay make oyibo say "learning never ends". Only the legends know how to use the Incognito, as for me and my household we just browse any website wey get Wetin we need.

The internet don really help make our lives easier and better, but e also get him own bad side. As you dey browse on the internet, naso you dey leave your data upandan and dem fit use am track you. For instance, when you snap picture and upload am for Facebook, Instagram or other social media platforms, through the image metadata person fit get important info like date, time, camera settings, geolocation coordinates, wey dem fit use track you.

I no even talk about those apps for our phones wey dey steal our data steadily, abi na Google and Microsoft wey dey play god on earth because they know everything about us. The thing be say e just dey very hard to enjoy 100% privacy when we dey use the internet.

The world is actually going data based now well we all need internet because some certain things we just can’t do only, and if you’re talk about privacy my brother just forget about it because nothing is safe there is not privacy in internet, how do you think scammers will be able to get your details without you giving them the information they need, my brother it’s internet. Internet is the only way they can access some of your properties online. So just leave your life my brother

Thats very correct but the basic to such technological advancement here in a third world country like Nigeria is certainly at the early stages although I can concur that technology is definitely growing at a large scale but not to that level of tracking criminals to the very core of their operation. Time is coming when everything you do can't be private anymore although I know in most countries abroad it's already like that as all your data and information is already saved somewhere by the government.

First of all, I would say everything has an advantage and disadvantage. There's a lot of positivity and negativity on the internet
But we have the choice to make use of it however we want, if you inculcate self discipline you would only use it positively
The internet has made a lot of things easier, most especially making money.. There's a lot of things we can get busy with
That will yield positive results

One thing wey I notice about internet be say, since no be you get access to the back end of the service you’re using, all your informations wey you don submit for that place don already dey saved for their own side and dem fit use am track you down at all time if need be. Make we forget how kidnappers and other criminals for the country dey take no dey traceable by the authorities, it is either they don’t want to do it or it will cost them a lot to do such things.

With the way technology don advance now, I no sure say any criminal fit escape crime again as long as something about dem don enter internet, even if na phone call dey make, dem fit track dem down but here things doesn’t work dat way and is becoming a prevailing issue that needs to be tackled as soon as possible. If you don’t want the internet to know anything about you, don’t give them that information you don’t want them to know about.

Social media na one kain way wey you fit connect with friends and family like pikin dem wen you dey far. E dey happen too tey, people dey post pictures of nights out and extra-curricular activities wey, even though e dey fun wen dem post am, fit get serious wahala and fit come back to worry you. E plenty people wey don lose work contracts, careers, and even their means of livelihood sake of wetin dem post or their controversial opinions.

This matter now true  the internet is just like the popular saying of nothing is hidden under the earth. The level of data storage of internet for those who do programming nothing one will delete that will affect the internet those stories of hidden chart, picture messages etc is like surface action the inside is not affected. Example in programming only a back end programmers who designed the net can delete completely. anything deleted is stored somewhere in the net and can be recovered anytime .

I never knew about this until now. I was thinking that deleting browsing history will suffice but never knew that it was never a way of erasing my digital footprint.

If I may ask, how do I get the browsers you mentioned? Pardon me if my question seem awkward, I'm new here and still doing a lot of learning.

Na the ogbonga matter naim you don Yan so, the set of persons wey I dey pity pass na all those people wey think say dem smart come dey go save their seed phrase for Google drive or any other online software. Anything wey make hacker fit get access to your email make you just know say your assets for you wallet don go be that. Naim make the best and cheapest way to store your seed phrase na to write am for paper. Facebook no dey safe at all to even save our pictures because, minus say person fit hack am, immediately you post your picture for Facebook, your picture quality dey drop asap. Though for memory sake I prefer google drive to take save pics but that one no mean say  e dey 100% safe.

Nothing comot for everything wey you talk. technology dey advance and naso e dey bring more harm to us even thou say e dey bring good but the bad Side of it dey Hunt us down. Posting things on internet na something wey be say e do. Turn to peoples way of life. Which dem no go fit do without am. But we still need to be conscious of the things we post like documents wey contain property wey worth a big amount of money because if them hack a document wey you upload online like Gcloud or any online privacy app. And you think say e dey safe, if them hack that online account everything is gone. Just like my Facebook account wey I dey always upload my photos and that if my baby, thinking say e go dey save for there since na internet say e go dey safe from rat or termites eating the pictures, to my greatest suprise them hack my account 2secinds all my data finish na White man wey I no no before come full my profile. So that one na another lesson for online upload experience wey j get.

Let know that Anything when get an advantage also comes with disadvantages, but many people often forget about the disadvantages of certainly because of things they are enjoying them. Especially when it comes to the internet, many people keep doing anything without knowing that the internet is keeping everything we used to do. There are many secrets that have been exposed now and those that own the secret are shocked because they never expected it but all is due to they forget about it disadvantages because those secrets are saved on the internet for their personal reasons, so we need to be very careful in anything we do on the internet so we not get ourselves harm one day. So let's know that not everything we carry to the internet.

No matter how technology or the Internet may seems to have some negative impact on humans, I still applaud the introduction of internet and technology because if no be dis things me and you for just dey waka like blind people wey no no where we dey go. Technology or rather the Internet don help human being in so many ways to solve human problems because sometimes I dey imagine weda this internet na witch or wizard wey e be say almost anything wey you tell am make him do for you in go do am.
Okay for example let's take the tracking reference you just gave, you no say the heart of man na evil and if no be for the internet and modern technology wey e be say if you commit crimes e get how Dem go take find you out you no no say human being for dey kill each other almost on daily basis because how you wan take no who kill person or how person carry die like for example as Dem dey perform autopsy for person wey don kpeme to know exactly wetin kill am, so all those technology na in dey put fear for people wey get bad motives for where there fellow human being dey so no how wey internet go dey bad wey e go pass the good wey dem dey do or wey dem don do already for human being.

Many people take the Internet  for granted forgetting that the Internet don't forget things  that is why one needs to be very careful with how the Internet is being handled. Someone of the information we think we have taking away from the Internet are still there. The Internet has some vital data containing information belonging to you so far as you are dealing with the Internet. We just have to be careful how we  use the Internet so that we don't land ourselves in trouble that will cost us much.

Nice one my fellow newbie.This internet dom take 99% of the world now but concerning this internet of a thing now population census about the head count of people living in a giving area at a giving time.When we talk about this programming because other countries them say this things are programmed already to know people wen Dom die person wey them just born.

Abeg make una help me look into this our own country e get any of this programming abi na mouth them go just come out come talk say na so so number of people dey here #living in a giving area at a giving time them no how many people wen dey relocate from here to there daily me I wan know if my country get that capability abi them no wan just gree for anybody at all. A total population of 223,804,632 this one na true true abi na lie me I go still dey follow am up oo my my friend carry belle wen she born I go still check am oo this year I no go gree for anybody at all.

The internet can be seen in both terms, can be beneficial and still harmful. The internet is wild beyond what we ever imagined, the data holds by this internet is surprising, most things we never taught about are what they hold as facts about a user. Who would believe with only scanning one of your picture on a site will dive deep and fetch out all of your pictures on the internet no matter where you have posted them it will fetch them out, see how scaring the internet has become.

Anything wey dey associated to the internet no dey hide so nothing dey private again for Internet, you no even need to submit your personal information, just using of the internet to search and watch videos your information don store, sometimes I dey reason this thing most especially sometimes wey people go say WhatsApp dey private and the disappearing message dey hidden but I doubt because if WhatsApp dey private why backup message dey always dey for people wey delete WhatsApp. Sometimes e good make we dey get the reminder of all this common things so we go dey careful when using the internet, thanks for the reminder.

Truly the world don pass analog wey things dey run manually. As it stands now na digital dispensation we dey so. The internet is not left behind as it is the fulcrum of the digital world. Many things we can see in the internet today. No doubt the internet has played a vital role in the world unification, information dissemination data be sharing and lots more.

As it is that it has advantage, so it has disadvantages and as such, one should be careful how they use the internet to store their information because if there be any hack into your data, it can be used against you for any purpose. So it would be in your best interest to protect your details jealously and minimise the rate at which you store personal information online.

Omo my brother you actually hit the nail on its head for this talk because na very legit information, many people think say there are actually secure or untraceable but they don't know that everything and everyone who uses the internet is actually recorded. Well for us wey this part of the world might think that the technology no dey advanced reached for them to be traced but my brother if you actually check well you go see say things have really changed and the number of high tech development is so alarming to the extent that everyone is actually recorded and if no be like you talk about the restrictions many of us for don suprised how our information would be used to do things against or traced us down.

The Internet (International network) , was designed to educate and connect people around the world together, but the way most persons they use internet now , e done leave the initial plan of bringing and connecting people together to where all kind of naked stuffs are being posted, but like I dey always tell people anything wey get advantage get disadvantage, so make we concentrate on the advantage and forget the disadvantage, if not for internet  me and you no for they for this forum they chat, so make we enjoy the advantage and forget the dangers of it, in the same time preventing the dangers from happening.

Watin u talk make sense well well, our data dey the internet, from our Banks details, to our academic details and a whole lot of details is out there, just that there are some security protections attached to it, however it doesn't stop the fact that our data are vulnerable to the unsuspecting public. So we need to guide our information out there, the internet is wild so protect whatever information you have out there against scammers. There are still some people that still try to save some of the most important formation they have offline or have it as a raw data instead of saving it on the internet, all these are means they put in place just to protect their own data.

It's true the internet has so much information about us and if this informations enters  the wrong hand it will be very dangerous, i don't believe that there is a safe place in the internet not at all, we are only promised a little security or privacy but not total privacy. If companies decided to release the information of its users then we would not be safe at all.

There are places that they promise us encrypted messages or activities but it's not still encrypted, it only hidden to us but to people that can access them it's not. Have you held of the dark web this place people's identities (internet activities)/information are being sold or hacked activities are being traded for money. If we read the terms and conditions of each service we use online you will find areas that they said that our privacy is determined by governments if it's required by the right authority then it will be surrendered.

Even with the suggested search engines that seems private if looked into the activities will still be uncovered. 

You can still have privacy on the internet, it's because of the privacy that a lot of criminals hasn't been caught even when they're active on the internet. Na you no know how to stay private because alot of tools dey to use make yourself more anonymous on the internet. There are a lot of apps that are paid apps and when use can increases your privacy, dem no dey free and not accessible openly unless you know where to go look to see them. The world is a small village, we're getting connected everyday so our data supposed dey online for easy access to anybody wey need am aroun the world.

The internet is dangerous when our information gets into the wrong hands but in the right hands e no dey dangerous. You as a person na for you to control what's out there and na wetin make dem say no be everything you go dey post for social media. Something wey happen to you no suppose go social media so you go fit get some privacy.


That's why it's the internet, dem say the internet never forgets and no be lie so you suppose dey careful wetin you dey put out to the world, even for the forum you need watch yourself make you no put yourself for wahala as the internet never forgets. Try keep some of your information of the net because as e enter you no fit commot am again. Even when you delete am from everywhere, when someone with the right tools search am dem go see am.

Even Internet self nah big scam because them fit even do you anything through the help of the Internet, as long as you are using the Internet you are not safe because you can be traced.
Like you said, a lot of people would have gone to jail based illegal things on the internet or from offline, and all this can be done if one is making use of the internet.
The Internet have make a lot of things to be more easy to the extent that one can stay here and know what's happening in other part of the world through the help of phone calls and all the rest.
As long as deleted things can still be recovered, then there is nothing like delete in the internet because as the real owner have deleted them and he or she don't want them anymore, someone can still find it even without their concert.
Honestly speaking, I feel more pity for those that always register on some fake sites and still verify somethings with their personal identification details, the owner of those sites can sell of those details to orger illegal people.

The truth of the matter na be say, even our privacy for the internet fit no dey private. Many of the hacks Dem wey we dey hear, no be one day the hacker take plan  and execute the plans, e take process. Dem get many software wey Dem fit send give you and from there the software go just install their virus put for your device, your device fit dey work perfectly, but Dem don dey observe your activity and Dem fit use am take hack you. Anything wey we post today, person fit dig am out after many years after, so make we still dey very careful.
Just like the example wey the op give, our finger prints Dem many for internet, bank BVN e dey, NIN e dey, travel passport e dey, and we never even start to talk about those apps Dem wey dey for our phone wey dey use finger prints take dey lock themselves.

Na true talk be dat, nothing dey hide in the internet and everything we dey delete deh go somewhere dey store demselves. And as for warning be say make we be careful for di data we dey submit for online, I don't think we go fit do because we upload different information in di internet. Mostly in di social media and what of di applications we dey submit everytime, all those one na di data we dey give out to di internet so na only pray and God nai go save human beings in the Earth.

There is no place to hide in the net.

Even the government is growing weary of what is happening over the internet and is only pursuing the serious once if not things are happening. The internet has its advantages, but it also carries risks and has caused more harm than good. If you look into the damages the internet has caused, you will be surprised by what you find, I've heard that assassins target the dark web to determine how dangerous an intern is, so the surface web is actually far superior to what is happening there, which is where governments constantly concentrate their attention. and the best way to avoid a lot of thing is to get busy once you are busy you wont even have time to start thinking of engaging into anything bad, make we avoid been idle.

Not until after seeing this post, I always believe that when you switch to incognito mode in browser, you’re safe and untraceable online. But after reading your post, I now imagine how those websites you visit using incognito can know that a guest visited their site and were able to record it down. The internet is very scary but we can’t do without it today since most of the things we need today have to be gotten from there. Let’s just try and be safe while browsing online, not reveal relevant information about us too much to the internet because once captured there, it can’t be deleted forever and can be used to track you or even y use against you in the future. Let the internet be a safe haven for all by utilizing it in the right way it should be.

Internet have exposed so many things in this our new generation because, some times if things are working well for us secretly, we feel that we are expert in the internet but the day  government will mean the group of people to bring them out to face the punishment that involved such comment, then you will know that internet can expose so many things about us. If you are not using internet for bad things in the society, I don't think you have any thing to worry about apart from Army robbers and, many people are not walking these days without putting something around them to defend themselves in case such thing happen.

I guess, BTC users in this platform are very safe for this aspect because they have a lot of things that is keeping them busy and moreover they know how to avoid some things that will expose their privacy to the public.

That actually true  I've also came across a post that's somehow  related to this I think on beginners board, Our Dependency on Google was something about privacy and all that. As @charles-Tim said there are good search engines that are more preferable. Like I'm also a user of such love because nothing like having your privacy.
That why ignorance is bliss. As Op said just try mind the things you post via Internet to avoid  such privacy issues.

is their anything like privacy on the internet? Just do your thing and live your life without being bothered on what on what your data is being used for because the reality is that your data is no safe and the exploitation is increasing at an alarming rate with no one saying anything about it or planning how to stop or reduce it.

If we start to talk about the the rate of intrusion into our privacy, you will even get tired of using your phone. Their are some that believe that your camera takes regular picture of you on a regular bases while you're using your phone, are you talking about the recommendation you get as Facebook ad that comes from the private conversation you had with someone in your chat? I have never considered my data safe no matter if I deleted it or not.

Some people may think that incognito mode can help them not to be traced, but that is not what incognito mode on browsers are. Incognito is just no leaving a trace of your browsing history on that your browser. Everything about it is traceable online. Your ISP can know the sites that you are visiting. Also the site that you are visiting can know a lot of information about you. If you want to have privacy while browsing, you will first need to use a better search engine like Duckduckgo and not using the ones like Google. Also using Tor and Orbot (on mobile) will be very important to connect online.

e just dey scary how 99% of the world's data dey on the internet. Even our incognito(private browsing) data sef dey on the internet with our digital fingerprints. Me and person being dey discuss how easy e dey to actually track anybody for this earth as long as say the person dn active for internet before. if no be say some laws dey cover how this big tech company dey take collect our data, some of us wey think say we dey untracable for dn go jail sef. Everything about us actually dey internet as of now, even your "view once" for whatsapp sef. Infact any things wey you thinks say you delete still dey there only say you no get access to them again. Just dey careful of things wey you dey post for internet.