I talk about internet safety a lot and until this happened I didn't realize how vulnerable I was to scams. However, we see that it's way too easy to be hacked these days but a scam and a hack are different.
A scam is something or someone pretending to be a person to lure the person into an online relationship and then scamming them out of money or pretending to be someone famous to see how far they can string the person along.
I also need to issue a correction; due to fatigue I spend a lot of time watching YouTube and I did get slightly into cyber stalking him. However, the famous actor reached out and I am about 80%sure that it's the actor that I commented on his videos. Due to the simple fact that there is some information that only he could know about that proved it was him. He was also amazed at how hardworking I was towards my goals ( but when I get approval from his management, I will do a post on this)
However, we are seeing that a hack is a very different thing that hacking can be by groups and state actors that have malicious intent or we see that at the time of writing we see that anyone is vulnerable to hacking. (this post was written at the time of the Optus hack( Optus cyberattack: how the hack occurred and what to do now (crikey.com.au))
But people with disabilities rely on the internet more than most this is the issue we rely on it for not only entertainment, but social connection, and to do our grocery shopping at times, as well as to keep in touch with medical professionals and to seek out support options and as I said in the post about Gatekeeping and disability that we see it used as employment as well as creators like Molly burke and Jessica Kelgard forward talk about there experiences as people with disabilities and how to be an Allie to people with disabilities and surprisingly it's to treat them like you would any other human.
However what I say in the video still rings true about intellectual disabilities if they don't understand how the internet works have supervised time and ask to see there chat logs and to have the computer in a room where others can see it as well. There are also a lot of parents' controls that a built into devices these days but the internet even for those without intellectual disabilities we see is a complex place to navigate even for thoes without disabilities but having common sense when working with the person is the main thing to be aware of to teach them to look out for scams like fake accounts, accounts that want to sell things to them.
If they are into Minecraft some discords and servers are just for people with a disability as well they might be worth looking into.
Also teaching the difference between a want and a need is a massive issue as well so as much as it can be taught teaching budgeting skills and includes time.
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