Dr. Ananth Prabhu on a LIVE Programme telecasted by RED FM Kannada Facebook Page
25-May-2020
A LIVE programme on "Cyber security and issues related to Online Scams" by Dr. Ananth Prabhu G. Professor in Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering was telecasted by RED FM Kannada Facebook page on May 24, 2020 between 9:30 am -10:00 am.
He began by briefing about how fraudsters send messages or call, related to bank loan payment waivers and procure the bank details, credit/ debit card details from the victim and cheat them. He instructed that to be on safer side, it is always better to have two bank accounts in which one account with very less money kept can be used for online transaction. He also told about few applications available for online meetings such as JITSI and Google Meet which is safer than Zoom. He briefed as to which Apps are safer and which are not and also how to use internet responsibly. He also explained that many Apps have access to our phone data, contacts, locations, photos etc and how they can exploit it. He described about the IT Act, and that people should have an idea of the same. He told the viewers that his book on 'Cyber Safe girl' has details about all this and can be downloaded from www.cybersafegirl.com. Later he answered all the queries posted by the viewers.
The session was visited LIVE by about 400 participants and in a span of 2 hours; the video has gone viral with more than 100 shares, 200+ comments, 26K views. Red FM Kannada is usually known for having LIVE sessions and interactions with well-known people and celebrities across the State. Recent sessions include Singer Rajesh Krishnan, Actor Srujan Lokesh, Duniya Vijay, Sihi Kahi Chandru, Ragini Dvivedi, Pooja Gandhi, Priyamani, Swetha Shrivatsav, Tennis Krishna, Singer Hemanth Kumar, Big Boss Fame Vasuki, Chandan Achar and many more.
