By Larry Magid There is a commonly held belief that we have little control over our online privacy. And, while it’s true that there are some privacy and security risks that are beyond our control, there is a lot we can do to protect ourselves. Let’s start...
By Larry Magid Sextortion usually involves a perpetrator (typically male) getting hold of a picture of someone (typically female) and threatening to widely share those images unless the victim gives them something they want. And that something is often more images...
By Sonia Livingstone Pre-school-aged children have taken to tablets like ducks to water. A while ago a video went viral showing an infant trying to ‘swipe’ a magazine with growing puzzlement – a magazine, it seemed, was an app that didn’t work. The image of children...
By Sue Scheff Two polls came out recently, and both confirm that our youth spend a lot of time online. The poll by Common Sense Media showed that 59% of parents believe their teens are addicted to technology. Among the teens themselves, 50% believed they were...
By Sonia Livingstone Children and youngsters spend more and more time online (as do we all), often alone or at least only in touch with others remotely through the Internet. This poses various questions for parents concerned about what their children now spend much of...
by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News The war on encryption is center stage, thanks to the battle between the FBI and Apple over the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone. But even though the FBI found a way to access the phone without...
