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RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH MOBILES.

There are different risks associated with mobiles, both with our health risks and risks associated with their own mobiles.

Index
1. Health Risks 1.1 Cancer 1.2 Traffic accidents 1.3 Electromagnetic interference 1.4 Other health effects 2. Mobiles risks 2.1 Excessive use and addiction 2.2 Threats to privacy and sexting: a) When shooting or recording themselves b) When photographing or recording another 2.3 Access to inappropriate content 2.4 Cyberbullying 2.5 Grooming 2.6 Economic risk or fraud 2.7 Risks of a technical nature 2.8 Recommendations: a) On terminal configuration b) Tips for Parents and Educators c) Tips for children

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1. Health Risks.

2. Mobile's risks

guys in their environment in provocative poses, while 4% acknowledged having made such photos or videos, the percentage increases in adolescents 15-16 years to 6.1%. In any case, it's natural that the photos are done with the ending in mobile social network users so we would have associated hazards identified in the above. b) When photographing or recording another: On the whole problem lies in the fact that often is done without permission, and the study shows that 17.1% of young people claim to know cases of friends whose images have been recorded and disseminated without permission. 2.3 Access to inappropriate content:

2.1 Excessive use and addiction: This excessive use might involve increased spending and * These images represent the in severe cases can lead to addiction that can produce the psychological addiction mobiles in the children and they disorder, according to surveys also can represent others 36% of young people believed diseases like cancer. that abuse was on a mobile phone. 1.1 Cancer: it is likely that mobile phone use increases the 2.2 Threats to privacy and risk of cancer, but not safe. sexting: 1.2 Traffic accidents: they are produced when you talk by mobile while you are driving. 1.3 Electromagnetic Interference: The use of mobile phones close to some medical devices may interfere with their function. The same happens in the case of airplanes. 1.4 Other health effects: Scientists have reported other effects of using mobile phones including changes in brain activity, reaction times and sleep patterns. a) When shooting or recording themselves:

The study shows that 6.8% of young people have accessed A variation to the use of mobile sexual images or pornographic as a means of producing content, and 8.4% of them have multimedia sexting is already agreed to materials with racist mentioned above, and which or violent. involves making personal Receiving terminal in such photos or videos of sexy content is not perceived by the character, more or less clothing majority of cases as a problem and then voluntarily only in some cases pose feel distributed among its some embarrassment or friendships through discomfort. bluetooth. According to the study 8.1% of youth admitted to having received photos or videos of

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2.4 Cyberbullying:

Behavior such as that used by many pages of ringtones in Harassment can be done in which you offered the several ways: download of a ringtone record free but in return the victim to a * Sending threatening texts. subscription service daily or weekly (see news), or to send * Disclosure of unpleasant SMS scammers posing as images or videos. Company prompting the user has won a prize but to receive it * Making persistent silent calls, should send a message with the etc. security PIN (see article). 2.5 Grooming: The study shows that children have received pornographic or obscene content from adults at a rate of 0.6% and 4% have received SMS or calls from unknown adults, being considerably greater percentage of girls (5.8% ) than boys (2.4%) who have received these messages and calls. In this case if the children are taken more seriously the problem and often rely on parents. 2.6 Economic risk or fraud: In this case the percentage of youth who have been subject to fraud over mobile, ie, economic loss by deception is very high at 29.2%. A high percentage (about half) mentioned it to his parents, the rest is solved on your own or did nothing. 2.7 Risks of a technical nature:

2.8 Recommendations: a) On terminal configuration: * Restrict incoming calls, ie, the child's parents can set the phone to the child can only make / receive calls to certain numbers. * Associate the mobile phone contract and phone less than an adult. So as to apply filters to your child's safety.

* It can be enabled in your parents the choice of location In number of terminals infected "GPS" child's mobile phone. with viruses is still very small (0.6%) but is increasing, what * Incorporate as default is important is that 42.9% of blocking access to adult young people to study subject content. received spam on their mobile phone, such as says the study * Veto anonymous calls, "may constitute a risk messages commercial and direct that are deceptive or encourage marketing moving lower. the consumption of services such as contests or games of chance", however, that receiving such messages is not perceived by children as a problem (70.3%) although it is a practice that occurs more frequently in your phone online.

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b) Tips for Parents and Educators: * Dilate the most of the possession of the mobile age (currently stands at 10-12 years). * Agree with the lowest standards of use (space and time of use, services they can access.. * Good communication between parents and children, in this aspect is important that parents know the risks so they can warn their children about them.

* If you feel harassed, you get a Some images about this are the picture of an assault on another following: person, you get SMS threatening calls or save it as - Addiction. evidence and show it to your parents, teacher or trusted adult. * Read carefully the terms and conditions of the forms before you give your phone number, do not answer calls or messages from strangers, or stay with people you've met over the phone. If you receive an SMS or MMS induces promotions, downloads and access to Internet sites omelets.

- Brain's problems.

* Disconnect the bluetooth but you're using and set it so it does * In short, more influence in the not accept connections from education of the responsibility unknown devices in order to in the restriction. avoid the transfer of inappropriate content and even c) Tips for children: viruses. If you notice something odd about the operation of * Respect restrictions on the use mobile discuss with your of a camera phone in some parents. public places (swimming pools, changing rooms, ..), do not send * Disable System (GPS) when photos that could embarrass you needed. you or to others, you must be - Security for mobiles. aware that when you send these * In case of lost SIM card photos you lose control over blocked immediately, to prevent them . You should be aware others expenses charged to your that others, especially adults, I account. take photographs.

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