The Danger that Hides in the Unknown Links

Our technology is rapidly growing, so do evil doers. To prevent this, a person must be a media literate to counter these individuals that spread dangerous links that may cause harm to you or to the person that will click the link unknowingly or just become curious about the link provided in the media such as in emails, messages, and media platforms.

Being a media literate brings no harm to individuals but that may become a form of protection and may save you someday since dangerous links may lead to malicious software/malware that contain viruses and may affect your devices and these types of malware/viruses are Ransomware, Scareware, Trojan horse, Spyware, Adware, Phishing and Scams etc., these types of malware or viruses are sometimes included in the unknown links and may bring trouble to the person who clicked that link.

Lots of people are experiencing these types of link that brings harm even today and it will still occur in the future and the better way to resolve it is to have a knowledge of what kind of link that you are going to click and if you a have knowledge that it is safe then you may proceed, if not then do not and do some research first before clicking it.

It is still better to have a knowledge of what kind of link you are clicking and do some research about that link first, that way you are protected in your own way. Always remember that it is better to be safe rather than being harmed by unknown individual that may take advantage of you.

References:

https://universe.byu.edu/2018/02/09/studies-show-lack-media-literacy-students-negative-impact/ 

https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2021/11/study-shows-10-of-people-have-clicked.html