{"id":3543,"date":"2020-04-06T17:48:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T21:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/?p=3543"},"modified":"2020-04-06T17:48:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T21:48:45","slug":"how-do-you-know-what-to-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.4kcc.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/06\/how-do-you-know-what-to-believe\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Know What To Believe?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This post picks up where the last post stopped!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rule #5<\/strong> \u2013 Don\u2019t rush to broadcast! If you want to be a trustworthy source of information on the Internet, this should be your priority rule. Often times, misinformation spreads over the Net because, in a flurry of emotions, people keep repeating something they haven\u2019t verified. Perfect example: a few years ago, emails were flying all over the place claiming that the US had removed the words \u201cIn God We Trust\u201d from the new dollar coin. Pictures even accompanied the email proving the words were gone. What was omitted from the emails was this side view of the coins:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As you can clearly see, \u201cIn God We Trust\u201d appears on the edge of the coin. An abhorrent amount of time, energy and anger was wasted on people forwarding an incorrect email. Bottom line: give things time to play out before you forward or post things on the Internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rule #6<\/strong> \u2013 Don\u2019t react to messages and websites which pull at your emotions \u2013 especially fear. Social Engineering<\/a><\/strong> is a hacker\u2019s most useful tool. If they can convince you that something\u2019s wrong, they will manipulate you right out of your hard earned money. If you want to know who NOT to trust on the Internet, don\u2019t trust anyone or any website which uses fear to motivate you. Yes, people on the Net can see your IP address if you\u2019re online. So what? You can see my house number on our mailbox and above our garage door when you drive down our street. That doesn\u2019t tell you anything about who is inside and what is going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn to recognize parody sites is my Rule #<\/strong>7. One of my favorite parody sites is The Babylon Bee. (Click on the logo below if you want to see what a parody site looks like.) They tend to go after political stories and church-related articles but anyone and anything is fair game there. Here are some samples of their recent headlines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n