The founde/CEO of Internet Safety Magazine, Mr. Rotimi Onadipe has told parents to avoid leaving their smartphones with young children because it exposes them to all kinds of cyber crimes.
He stated this in Ibadan on Saturday October 1st, 2022 at a weekly awareness program on cyber security, tagged “Say NO to internet abuse, say YES to internet safety”.
Onadipe noted that many parents left their smartphones with young children, particularly those within the age of four to ten to play games, watch videos and chat on social media, unknown to them that they are ignorantly exposing their devices to cyber attacks.
He added that young children, particularly those within age four to ten were the major targets of cyber criminals for all kinds of cyber attacks such as email and password hacking, malware, viruses, spyware, phishing attack, hacking of social media, among others.
“In today’s technology age, one of the best cyber security practices that parents must adopt is to avoid leaving their smartphones with young children, particularly those within age four to ten because they are the most vulnerable to all kinds of cyber attacks due to their addiction to smartphone and social media,” Onadipe said.
