Ukuthuthuka kobuchwepheshe kusho ukuthi nezigebengu ezibusebenzisayo ziyathuthuthuka. Yazi izindlela ongazivikela ngazo, kuloba uSiyabonga Mabuza
ESIKHATHINI esiphila kusona manje, yonke into ixhumene futhi isebenza ngobuchwepheshe, yingakho ukuzivikela ngendlela efanele kwezobuchwepheshe, phecelezi i-cybersecurity, kubalulekile njengokutshala imali, ukuba namakhono ahlukene, ukuqhamuka nezinto ezintsha nokuba nabaphathi abafanele ukuze ibhizinisi liphumelele.
Siphila esikhathini lapho impilo ilawulwa wubuchwepheshe ngezindlela ezihlukene nokwenza ukuthola ulwazi kube lula. Kukhona nezinkundla zokuxhumana lapho noma ngabe wubani, hhayi nje ungoti kuphela ekwazi ukubhala noma yini ayithandayo kuzona. Kodwa akulona lonke ulwazi olutholakala kwi-internet nasezinkundleni zokuxhumana oluyiqiniso nokungakho kumqoka ukwazi ukuthi uyibona kanjani into ukuthi iyiqiniso noma cha. Namhlanje siphothula umkhankaso oxhaswe yi-Africa Check obunicathulisa ngaloku.
NGAPHAMBI kwamaphakathi no-2020, igama elithi DJ Kgaogelo Moagi, odume ngelikaMaster KG, belingasho lutho olutheni kwabaningi futhi akulona abantu abaningi abebengasheshe balikhumbule. Kodwa manje sekuyigama elihambisana nempumelelo emhlabeni jikelele futhi nelaziwa yizigidi ngezigidi zabantu kanjalo nomnikazi walo.
Uvuka uzithathe kanjani ngemva koku‘shaywa’, kuloba uZama Simelane
EMASONTWENI amabili edlule kube nemibiko ethi emhlabeni jikelele kuhlaselwe noma ku‘shaywe’ izinkampani kusetshenziswa ama-server akwaMicrosoft. Loku kwenze ukuthi izinkampani zaseNingizimu Afrika, okubalwa namabhange kuzona, zaba sengcupheni. Udaba engilufundile ngale nto luthe iNingizimu Afrika ingenye yamazwe angaphephile emhlabeni ngenxa yokungazi ngezinto ezithinta ukuphepha kwi-internet, phecelezi i-cyber security. Yingakho-ke ngiphinda ngifisa ukudlula kuloku, ngigcizelele ubumqoka bokuhlala uqaphile kwezokuxhumana ngobuchwepheshe besimanje.
Izimpawu zokubona baku‘shayile’ online, kuloba uZama Simelane
EMASONTWENI amabili edlule sinabe ngemizamo namasu okuphepha online kodwa-ke njengoba kuhlale kushiwo ukuthi ayikho into eyimfihlo online, kuyiqiniso ukuthi ngeke uthembele kuphela ekuvikelweni yi-anti-virus software ngoba nakuyona iphutha liyenzeka kanti futhi izigilamkhuba ze-internet ziyakwazi ukuyidida ngokuqhamuka namasu amasha okugadla angakavinjwa kwi-software yokuvika ingozi. Ngakho-ke usengangena engozini esizwe ngayo ezingosini ezedlule.
Hlala uphephile online ngokwenza nokuqaphela lezi zinto, kuloba uZama Simelane
SEKUPHELE amasonto amabili, kanti manje siphakathi kwelinye isonto elihle futhi. Yebo, ngisafisa ukuthi uphephe online, ngakho sizoqhubeka lapho esasigcine khona emasontweni edlule. Sagcina sichaze i-online safety, saxoxa ngokubaluleka kwakho nezito eziyingozi esizenza online. Njengoba sesazi ukubaluleka kokuphepha online, siphepha kanjani na? Kukodwa ukwazi ukuthi uhlala endaweni enengozi, angithi? Kodwa kusizani ukwazi loko kodwa uma ungazi ukuthi uphepha kanjani engozini?
Ukuhlala uphephile online, kuloba uZama Simelane
AYIKHO into esiyenze impilo yethu yaba lula ukudlula i-internet. Sikwazi ukwenza noma yini noma siye noma yikuphi ngokuphazima kweso. Sikwazi ukuthenga nokudayisa, sibuke amafilimu noma siye “esiqiwini”; konke sikwenza kwi-internet. Kodwa ngabe konke loku ngamakhekhe noswidi? Ngeshwa, akunjalo. Iqiniso lithi noma i-internet iyinhle kodwa futhi ingasilimaza.
Uzigwaza ngowakho uma ungekho online, kuloba uZama Simelane
Kusukela yasungulwa, i-internet nokusebenza kwayo isingene yagxila empilweni yethu, yathinta kakhulu indlela esenza ngayo izinto. Loku kuyiqiniso futhi kugqame esikhathini samanje noma njengoba kunobhubhane iCOVID-19 noma ngabe alukho. Abantu sebahlale bekwi-internet (noma be-online) kakhulu manje kunakuqala noma ngabe kungenxa yobumnandi, ukufunda, kukhona abafisa ukukuthenga noma “ukuya” emshadweni noma emngcwabeni.