If you’re finally starting to feel you should pay closer attention to locking down your Facebook and email accounts, you may want to pick up a thumb-sized gadget that allows you to sign into those accounts with your fingerprint. Facebook just added security keys to its service, which allows users to log in to their [ Read More ]
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Facebook adds security keys feature for extra user safety
Comments Off on Facebook adds security keys feature for extra user safety26 apps and websites favored by child predators — Are your kids using them?
Comments Off on 26 apps and websites favored by child predators — Are your kids using them?They pose an increasing threat in New Jersey and across the nation. Cyber predators are constantly looking for new ways to contact and exploit children — and most parents don’t even have any idea this is happening. “As technology develops, the number of children contacted by predators on social media increases,” State Police Lt. John [ Read More ]
Internet not designed for children
Comments Off on Internet not designed for childrenYoungsters are not prepared for what they are signing up to on the internet, and are frequently giving personal information away, according to the Children’s Commissioner for England. Anne Longfield said children did not know how their data was being used due to “impenetrable” terms and conditions. She said the internet was not designed for [ Read More ]
Browser autofill used to steal personal details in new phishing attack
Comments Off on Browser autofill used to steal personal details in new phishing attackYour browser or password manager’s autofill might be inadvertently giving away your information to unscrupulous phishers using hidden text boxes on sites. Finnish web developer and hacker Viljami Kuosmanen discovered that several web browsers, including Google’s Chrome, Apple’s Safari and Opera, as well as some plugins and utilities such as LastPass, can be tricked into [ Read More ]
Internet Dangers For Children and Ways to Prevent Them
Comments Off on Internet Dangers For Children and Ways to Prevent ThemChildren and teens today are more tech-savvy than ever. Having grown up with the technology we’ve seen evolve so quickly over time. But even when your kids have as much technical know-how as adults, they don’t yet have the experience and discernment necessary to keep them safe online. Read more…
