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Once I was reading a book called "The Little Red Riding Hood." In it, a little girl was heading to her grandmother's house, and despite her mother's warnings not to talk to strangers, she did exactly the opposite. She spoke to the stranger, the wolf, without hesitation or assurance. She told the stranger of her whereabouts, and the stranger planned to attack her and her grandmother. You're probably wondering why I'm telling you this well-known story. Let me tell you that in the present scenario, the characters are the same in this story, but the settings have changed. Nowadays adults like you and me, as well as children, communicate with strangers on digital platforms. We share our personal information with the digital world without thinking twice, and we frequently fall into a trap. We teach our children about manners, etiquettes, safety, and other topics in the physical world, but what about the digital world, where we can't even see who is on the other