Avoid sharing photos on social networking sites
Avoid sharing photos on social networking websites, L. Balaji Saravanan, Additional Superintendent of Police, advised college students, especially girls during a workshop on Cyber Crime at Erode Sengunthar Engineering College on Saturday.
The ASP dwelt on negative dimensions of social networking sites, phishing, cyber tracking and spoofing, ATM scams, online scam, and email threats, and the ways to counter them while inaugurating a workshop on Cyber Crimes: Prevention Methodologies organised by the Computer Science and Engineering Department of Erode Sengunthar Engineering College.
The programme, according to the organisers, was conducted to accelerate awareness in the backdrop of cyber crimes resulting in various kinds of economic loss and information loss.
V. Rajendran, president, Cyber Society of India; Ramesh Bhashyam, Secretary; and S.N. Ravichandran, Coordinator, handled technical sessions on the available mechanisms to counter cyber crimes, and cautioned the youth against becoming victims.
College Secretary N. Sivananthan presided over. R. Mohanraj, Correspondent, also spoke.
The workshop attracted 16 police officials and over 200 students from various engineering colleges, A.T. Ravichandran, ESEC Principal, said.
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Avoid sharing photos on social networking sites