Last night on the Valentine’s Day episode of “The Bachelor” we all cheered when Michelle was finally let go by Brad (watch the show). I’m sure we all saw the signs of someone that made us nervous, afraid, and incredibly conscious of the “Fatal Attraction”-esque characteristics that Michelle apparently portrayed. It was both frustrating and ...
Read more SSP Blue is a personal endeavor. Safety, security, and privacy online are issues that I care about. As a father, I find comfort in knowing my family is safe online. As a businessman, I find comfort in knowing transactions, plans, and communications are secure. And, as an Internet user, I find comfort in knowing that ...
Read more Technology has changed so much in the last two decades that it’s hard to keep pace with all the developments. Twenty years ago middle school kids might have had one class on typing or word processing. A few lucky kids may have had a computer in their homes. Today, modern tweens have a footprint on ...
Read more There is a growing and concerning rise of individuals using the anonymity of the Internet to harass, threaten and severely annoy people by impersonating them online (“E-Impersonation”). This type of behavior can have significant ramifications in the impersonated victim’s life including suicide, depression, helplessness – all of which are avoidable with the right law(s) and ...
Read more Did you watch last night’s episode of The Bachelorette which ended with an interview with previous season’s bachelorette Emily Maynard? Emily talked openly about her struggles with Bachelor Brad Womack and confirmed the end of their relationship. Amid the tears and knee-jerk moments, Emily repeated quite a few times how much she had gone into ...
Read more Though the weather in certain parts of the country doesn’t indicate it, summer really is right around the corner. If you’re like most parents, you have already planned various activities and camps to keep your kids busy this summer. Many from tots to teens will be heading to camp, some will be joining sports leagues ...
Read more I recently wrote about “TRUST”, an upcoming movie that tells the story of 14 year-old Annie from a wonderful family who falls victim to an Internet predator and how true to life the movie is. At the end, we are left with a lingering feeling of how to make sure this doesn’t happen to me ...
Read more Did you see The Bachelorette last night? It was quite the emotional week for Ashley – one bachelor severely insulted her, a group of bachelors unsympathetically roasted her commenting on her looks and chest size, and yet another bachelor dumped her telling us viewers he was never interested in her in the first place. And ...
Read more When President Mubarak departed, Egypt’s Internet whirled back to life to the applause of millions around the world. While this is an obvious triumph, the fact that it was shut down at all has caused a sense of alarm around the world, especially in America. Can that happen here? Can we all be cut off ...
Read more The subject of online predators is not one that many of us want to dwell on or even talk about. The newly released film, TRUST, has thrust this topic front and center into our lives.
As parents we are the first line of defense in protecting our kids offline and online. Every tool in our arsenal ...
Read more The thieves who made off with more than $2.5M from Citibank and caused the bank to issue 100,000 replacement bank cards have highlighted an alarming trend. Hackers are evolving. And, they are organizing and uniting. They even have a Twitter account. Before the advent of the Internet, we called these ...
Read more The once colorful leaves have fallen off the trees; many have even blown away in the wind. The Family Online Safety Institute’s annual conference that drew more than 450 participants from over 15 countries is a now a series of photographs and video clips lining our memories’ walls.
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Read more Sadly my three older kids ages 10, 14 and 15 found out the truth about Santa a few years ago when they snuck into the attic on Christmas Eve and found their Christmas gifts; while my 5 year old still awaits Santa’s visit. Even more sadly (for me), now that they know that Santa ...
Read more Cyberbullying. Solicitation. Exposure to illegal content. These are just a few of the perils threatening the safety of your customers, employees, and partners – especially when you offer interactive consumer products online. SSP Blue’s leadership wrote the book on online safety, and the standards we developed are widely used by governments, NGOs, academics, and the private sector. Let us put these standards to work for you to keep your users safer and prevent your network from being exploited by child pornographers, predators, and human traffickers.
Read more From identity theft to data breaches, the Internet has brought a world of online criminals to our doorsteps. We believe you should put the same level of thought into your online security as you do your physical security, but it can be difficult to know where to start. We’ll find your weak spots and work with you to build defenses.
Read more In an increasingly interconnected world, we all engage in quick communication with our colleagues, partners, and friends. But we want to safeguard that information from the peering eyes of others. We’ve created privacy programs for some of the most complicated and most trafficked social networks, and we can do it for you.
Read more I’ve spent the past four years implementing safety, security, and privacy features and programs at MySpace – 150 of them total – many of which other social media sites have started to adopt. I also had the challenge, and pleasure, of closing an agreement with 49 Attorneys General to set basic safety standards for all ...
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Read more Every year around this time as the last leaves of the autumn season begin to fall off the nearly barren trees and as my children devour their last pieces of Halloween candy, my attention in my professional life naturally shifts to focus on the Family Online Safety Institute’s (FOSI) annual conference. ...
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