Brian Pitts, the technology director at the Longview Independent School District in Texas, suggests that setting rules is not enough to ensure safety of our children online. In the article, “Is your house safe from tigers?”, Pitts says that being vigilant in monitoring behavior is key to making sure our children are safe on the Internet. Though it is written for schools, his humor and message that cyberbullying is more of a danger to kids than phishing by hackers is right on target.
In the wake of the news that a Russian crime ring has stolen 1.2 billion username and password combinations and 500 million email addresses, it is time to think about your password collection once again...
In the wake of the news that a Russian crime ring has stolen 1.2 billion username and password combinations and 500 million email addresses, it is time to think about your password collection once again...
If you are involved in any kind of legal action, it is not uncommon for lawyers and private investigators to look at your social media posts and social networking pages for insights on your behavior and your actions...
If you are involved in any kind of legal action, it is not uncommon for lawyers and private investigators to look at your social media posts and social networking pages for insights on your behavior and your actions...
Common Sense Media has compiled a list of digital tools for managing your kids’ tech use. Some of these ideas include taking advantage of the safety mode in YouTube, how to keep kids focused on one app at a time (and away from your email and private files), and fine-tuning what cookies get added to your browser...
Common Sense Media has compiled a list of digital tools for managing your kids’ tech use. Some of these ideas include taking advantage of the safety mode in YouTube, how to keep kids focused on one app at a time (and away from your email and private files), and fine-tuning what cookies get added to your browser...
Two new free eBooks for kids - Animishmash and the Cyber Bullfrog (for ages 7 and up) and The Pirate's Donut (for ages 3 and up) – deal with the subjects of cyberbullying and safe online searching, respectively.
Two new free eBooks for kids - Animishmash and the Cyber Bullfrog (for ages 7 and up) and The Pirate's Donut (for ages 3 and up) – deal with the subjects of cyberbullying and safe online searching, respectively.
Whose job is it to instruct kids on how to safe online? In a worldwide survey of 1800 teachers done by AVG, a security company, four out of five teachers think parents are relying too much on schools to teach internet safety...
Whose job is it to instruct kids on how to safe online? In a worldwide survey of 1800 teachers done by AVG, a security company, four out of five teachers think parents are relying too much on schools to teach internet safety...