Dubai Police have warned of free online games, the download of which relies on collecting personal information and exploiting it in a manner that violates its users.
A source in Dubai Police told «Emirates Today» that electronic periodicals monitored several dangers for some electronic games such as penetration of personal accounts, theft of information, and the threat of children.
He added that the Department of Cybercrime has concluded that certain game providers allow downloading for free, which tempts thousands to download it, especially in light of the majority of society’s members having to stay at home for long periods, without realizing that there is a hidden benefit behind this seemingly free gift, which is collection Personal data is then exploited in violation of user privacy.
He pointed out that children spend most of their time at home committed to the precautionary measures against the spread of the emerging coronavirus infection (COFED-19), and parents do not find a substitute for allowing excessive electronic games so that their children do not feel bored, and this may increase the risks to them from These games.
The source recommended an alternative solution to prevention, which is the participation of children in their electronic games, to ensure the provision of a kind of smart monitoring. On the one hand, the father can supervise the son's activity, identify the people he plays with, and monitor any risks or gaps that his children may be exposed to, and on the other hand a means To get closer to them.
He explained that there are parents who want to get rid of the children's headache in any way, especially in light of the tension associated with the repercussions of the spread of the Corona virus and its psychological effects on the members of society, but this is not appropriate behavior at all. Long hours playing electronic games or surfing the internet in general.
He pointed out that recent studies have found that addiction to electronic games leads to the difficulty of the child adapting to normal life due to his accustomed to the pattern of rapid movement in those games, which affects him in a state of psychological emptiness and a feeling of loneliness, both in his home or his school, in addition to the virtual characters that deal With it completely separated from his reality, which generates a lot of challenge, violence and lasting conflict with his different surroundings.
Studies have confirmed that children who are addicted to these games gradually lose the skills of dealing with others and the ability to establish relationships and friendships and cannot express themselves. It also makes the child a selfish person who only thinks to satisfy his needs of games without noticing the presence of those who share the play so we find Problems between siblings to play unlike team games, in addition to teaching them to defraud parents for the money they can spend on these games.
Two types of electronic danger
Dubai Police reported that it detected two types of games that are very dangerous, the first infiltrates and steals personal information and when the child tries to withdraw from the play the other party threatens to publish it and puts him at his mercy, and the other type games that promote destructive ideas such as violence and theft, in addition to being draining many hours of Children's Day.
Addiction to electronic games makes it difficult for a child to adapt to a normal life.
Parents' participation of children in their electronic games provides smart supervision and monitors any risks.