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Don’t install any direct application bypassing App Store or Play Store. Check three things before you install any app or tool: the developer, the reviews and the permissions.

Parental control on all devices helps you filter out inappropriate search words or content, and also controls access your kids may have to some things. Parents need to have content control, and educate children about their digital footprint.

Check privacy settings while sharing on social media. Someone could morph your photo to create an inappropriate video thumbnail, and then call you to say, “Oh my God, how did your video get leaked?”. In a panic, you will click on the thumbnail, which takes you to a page that looks exactly like the Facebook login page, and it asks you for your email and your password. When you’re agitated, you may not pay attention to small details. The hacker will use this information to lock you out of your social media account, but reach out to your friends asking for money immediately.

This is when you try to find something on a search engine, but hackers, through what is called ‘Black Hat SEO’, have managed to put their own fake website at the top of search results. And if they ask you to download any app or tool, be suspicious.

Don’t trust everything on the Internet. It’s easy to make a fake profile so you need to know how to use basic OSINT or ‘Open Source Intelligence’.

You can register a complaint on https://www.cybercrime.gov.in/ or call the national helpline number 1930. The government is building a network with bank nodal officers, and when there’s any information about a suspicious account, it is frozen.