It’s hard to believe that summer’s already over, but the beginning of a new school year is just a few weeks away. Which means that many kids are getting back, or have already gotten back, from camp. Camp can be a wonderful experience, but as with most things in our increasingly connected world, there are ...
Read more The phrase “digital footprint” might not mean much to you right now, but it should. Digital or viral footprint refers to the mass of content on the Internet that can be linked to you and, therefore, located by anyone doing a search on you. The list of possible places for content to be visible is ...
Read more Father’s Day is rapidly approaching. This means we can expect great celebrations, barbeques and great gifts. Many of us will hunt for the best gifts for dad online looking for everything from gadgets to clothes. Unfortunately, gift giving holidays like Father’s Day also tend to bring out fraudsters and online scammers.
There are thousands of places ...
Read more Recent attacks on LinkedIn and eHarmony highlight the importance of different passwords for different sites. LinkedIn confirmed that there had been a breach in their security whereby hackers stole approximately 6.5 million encrypted passwords. eHarmony has also announced a breach in their security where 1.5 million passwords were stolen in the attack. Large scale attacks ...
Read more As if looking for love weren't intimidating enough, online dating can have shattering consequences. Take Carole Markin, a TV producer in Hollywood who recently sued a dating website claiming she was brutally attacked at her home by a man she met online who, she later discovered, was a convicted sex ...
Read more As I stated in my blog, in order to protect yourself and your loved ones in today’s digital age, while simultaneously giving law enforcement the power they need to prosecute E-Impersonation for cyber-bulling purposes, we all need to work together to get involved and ensure that each state has or passes a similar bill to ...
Read more Like millions of other people around the world, I’ve been watching Charlie Sheen’s rants and explosions with rapt attention. I find myself thinking less about Mr. Sheen’s extreme words and actions, and thinking, instead, more about the built in dilemma of publishing them on the Internet. Even if Sheen wanted to take back every word ...
Read more We like to warn our children about many things and lately sexting has been on the top of the list. We caution against it, put applications in place to prevent it, and even treat kids as criminals over it. However, it is us adults who are getting far more press about it lately than kids ...
Read more A colleague of mine recently learned a difficult lesson when her computer was stolen from her car. At first, she was mostly concerned about having lost all of the work (she’s a writer) that was stored on her machine. Sadly, there was a lot more than poetry at stake: her entire identity was ...
Read more Lately, it seems like we hear a story every week about a new security breach concerning our personal information. Just a few weeks ago, Epsilon was hacked and millions of email addresses were stolen. A few weeks later, Sony announced that their worldwide gaming network too was hacked. And now, companies like Apple and Google ...
Read more Price Waterhouse Coopers just released a report finding that cyber crime against businesses has soared in 2011. While Cyber Monday might be over, the online shopping discounts will continue to get better and better as Christmas approaches. In essence, the holiday ad bombardment won’t stop until the New Year bells have tolled.
The press gives a ...
Read more Cyber Monday — which for many stores begins Sunday — is almost upon us. That means that more than any other time of year, we’ll be bombarded with sales and deals and notices and ads. One study found 84 percent of retailers saying they would email consumers about holiday-shopping deals.
Your email inbox will be stuffed ...
Read more We talk a lot about the impact of social media on commerce and human connections. The social media platform has the ability to transfer news and ideas faster than news and ideas can even be generated. Since the start of what the media is calling the ‘Arab Spring’, social media has literally become something quite ...
Read more I decided to watch the most recent episode of The Amazing Race after a night of walking the neighborhood streets with my six-year-old in search of the house with the best candy. The more I watched the show in hopes of finding an online safety, security, or privacy lesson, the more I was distracted by ...
Read more We’re all gearing up for Halloween treats. As kids travel around the neighborhoods for Halloween this year, dressed in costumes and grabbing candy, parents are left wondering about their safety. Thanks to valuable gadgets, new and old, and a few home-grown safety tips, you can spend time passing out candy instead of worrying this ...
Read more The last episode of The Amazing Race brought us back to life as we used to know it and how much of the world still knows it. The contestants walked, rode elephants, took the bus, hitch-hiked, and rode in taxi cabs. They took notes on simple notepads to remember the placement of figures on temple ...
Read more Last week’s episode of The Amazing Race was quite inspiring and insightful. Couples were not only working well with each other, a few were even pairing up with other couples. Even the now infamous fighting and bickering couple, Justin and Jennifer, showed a glimpse of a partnership. As we watched teams that had decided to ...
Read more Last week’s episode of The Amazing Race was the most uncomfortable ever and strangely last night’s episode was the most comfortable ever. Last week brother and sister couple, Justin and Jennifer, fought, shouted, yelled, screamed, bickered, and argued during the entire episode. They even argued when they were simply waiting for a train and not ...
Read more The Amazing Race came back with yet another exciting season premier this weekend. From the start we saw a lack of preparation by ‘the showgirls’ that almost landed them a trophy for the shortest lived contestants on The Amazing Race. It all started when Kaylani didn’t secure her passport, dropping it at a gas station ...
Read more Imagine a bunch of scammers and hackers sitting around in a dark room together. They’ve just created brand new viruses that will invade your life by invading your computer to steal your banking information, take all your passwords, send threatening emails to all your friends, make all your personal photos public, and….. And, they’ve devised ...
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