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Is your child a cyberbully and if so, what should you do?

Posted by GuardChild Comments Off on Is your child a cyberbully and if so, what should you do?

Parents worry about their children being bullied online, but what if it is your child who is doing the bullying? That was the question posed by a BBC reader, following a report on how children struggle to cope online. There is plenty of information about how to deal with cyberbullies, but far less about what  [ Read More ]

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Hackers can get your credit card info in 6 seconds just by guessing it

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In troubling news, a paper from researchers at Newcastle University in the UK claims that Visa’s credit-card payment system can be compromised online in “as little as six seconds.” The security flaw was possibly the point of entry for the cyber-attack on the UK’s Tesco Bank that lost £2.5 million. This isn’t some high-level hacking  [ Read More ]

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How to keep yourself safe in a world of creepy websites filled with personal data

Posted by GuardChild Comments Off on How to keep yourself safe in a world of creepy websites filled with personal data

In an era dominated by tales of embarrassing and politically devastating email hacks, the need to protect yourself online is all the more real. From phone numbers and addresses to the names of your parents and relatives, your personal information is sitting on a number of websites, for anyone to peruse and misuse. But there’s  [ Read More ]

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Is Snapchat Really Deleting My Snaps?

Posted by GuardChild Comments Off on Is Snapchat Really Deleting My Snaps?

Snapchat is a chat app and social network that’s super popular with millennials and teens. It’s main feature is that every “Snap” (aka photo or video) is automatically deleted after a certain amount of time. These Snaps may be deleted from your phone, but are they also deleted from Snapchat’s servers? This is the question  [ Read More ]

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Snapchat Fruit Meanings That All Inquisitive Parents Should Know

Posted by GuardChild Comments Off on Snapchat Fruit Meanings That All Inquisitive Parents Should Know

Girls have ruled and boys have drooled on Snapchat over the past few days — at least among teenagers, who are enmeshed in a coded game that’s empowering for some and seriously frustrating (not to mention a little annoying) for others. That’s because fruit has taken over the social media app known for the ephemerality  [ Read More ]

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