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• Gmail Service Center and PayPal Spam Scams Are Back!

  
  Bill Mullins' Weblog - Tech Thoughts — Authority: 138
  The old “Due to the congestion in all Gmail users and removal of all unused Gmail Accounts” scam, is making a reappearance. This scam has been around for years, and every so often it makes its way back.This occasional reappearance tells me one thing – this scam pays off for the cyber-criminals who are behind ...
  15 hours ago

• Net Cetera - Chatting with Kids About Being Online

  
  Sex Offender Issues — Authority: 150
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• What are your children searching for?

  
  Sync Blog — Authority: 134
  What do sex, porn and Club Penguin all have in common? They made it into the top 5 of the "Kids’ Top 100 Searches of 2009" list, according to Symantec.
  1 day ago

• Fantasy On Trial (Again)

  
  http://sexualintelligence.wordpress.com — Authority: 408
  I’m on my home from Denver, where I testified as an expert witness at a deeply troubling trial—a trial that’s become way too common in America. Here’s the situation: The defendant “Mr. Jones” goes into a Yahoo adult chat-room, and makes it clear he wants to have conversations about sexually dominating a ...
  1 day ago

• Holiday Safety Tip: Don’t Share Your Holiday Travel Plans Online

  
  ReputationDefender Blog — Authority: 137
  In the old days, thieves would scout out neighborhoods to see when someone would be gone from their house. Now, all it takes is a quick Google search. If you’re traveling over the holidays, and you publicly share your travel plans on the Internet, you’re  practically asking for someone to break-in to your home . ...
  1 day ago

• Digital Identities and Personal Learning Environments

  
  Pontydysgu - Bridge to Learning — Authority: 467
  Digital Identities and Personal Learning Environments View more presentations from GrahamAttwell . These are the slides from my presentation from the excellent session on Digital Identities at the Online Educa Berlin conference held earlier this month.
  2 days ago

• 10 Things Parents Need To Know About Internet Pornography

  
  Wael Isa — Authority: 151
  No one wants to talk about pornography. It’s an awkward and uncomfortable subject, but if we don’t take the time to learn why pornography can be so destructive, we won’t have the knowledge that we need to protect our families. During the past several years, I have had the opportunity to talk with plenty of ...
  3 days ago

• Oz to filter criminal content

  
  NetFamilyNews — Authority: 493
  The Australian government is forging ahead with nationwide filtering "despite widespread criticism that it will strangle free speech and is doomed to fail," reports Agence France Press reports . However, it looks as if all that will be blocked is "Web sites containing criminal content" or child pornography, according ...
  3 days ago

• Federal Courts Rule Schools May Not Punish Cyberbullies; PC Pandora Says Parents Remain Key to Solving Problem

  
  Pandora's Blog — Authority: 128
  Last month, a federal judge in California court made a landmark decision when it ruled that a Beverly Hills middle school has no grounds to discipline a cyberbully, due to the bully’s right to free speech. Pandora Corp. urges parents to take action and stop cyberbullying. PC Pandora computer monitoring software will ...
  3 days ago

• Wacky Internet Predator Wednesday – #71

  
  Pandora's Blog — Authority: 128
  We have a good round-up today… Here are three more reasons you need to pay attention to what your kids do online. To all the “experts” that say predators aren’t a problem, I say “oh yeah?” 3 times to you! A 19-year-old Kentucky man met a 14-year-old girl on MySpace. She ran away with him – VOLUNTARILY ...
  3 days ago

• UK moves to protect minors online

  
  Alex @ here has what I know about — Authority: 134
  To ensure that the Web is safe for children, The UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) will make online safety lessons compulsory for those over five years old from September 2011. The Council said in a CNN report last week that failing to tell children about online risks would make them more vulnerable. ...
  3 days ago

• Malware – The Growing Enemy

  
  Free PC Security — Authority: 131
  Many users have compromised their PC Security by downloading fake antivirus programs. This is also known as scareware or rogueware and many also look very authentic, as well as freely available security programs being sold by unscrupulous criminals who say they provide a backup service for which users pay. Many of the ...
  3 days ago

• Being Smart Online, A Video Series

  
  Free Technology for Teachers — Authority: 575
  Through the Google Public Policy Blog I just learned about a series of three videos created by YouTube for the purpose of educating students about online behavior. Each of the three videos are roughly two minutes in length. Each video provides clear narration and visual aids. The three videos are Detecting Lies ...
  3 days ago

• New Study on Sexting: 1 in 7 US Teens Receive Sexts

  
  Pandora's Blog — Authority: 128
  A new study on sexting was released showing that 15% of adolescents ages 12 to 17 have received sexually suggestive photos or videos on their personal cell phones. However, only 4% acknowledged sending out a naked image. The poll was conducted by Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. Check out ...
  4 days ago

• Facebook Identity Theft: Office Romance Goes Wrong When Facebook Profile is Hacked.

  
  How To Hack or Cheat Games & Software — Authority: 162
  Office romance goes wrong when someone gets a hold of your personal information. Facebook Identity Theft Make sure you set your security and privacy settings so you don’t get your facebook profile hacked or stolen. —————————————————————— Learn how to protect yourself ...
  4 days ago

• Florida Criminalizes Arts & Crafts

  
  http://sexualintelligence.wordpress.com — Authority: 408
  Remember playing with photos and scissors as a young teen? You’d make collages: your scrawny face on a caveman’s body, your friend’s body with the head of a dog, you and a movie star on a beach in Hawaii. Silly adolescent stuff, harmless. Now what about putting your head on a movie star’s nude body? Or your ...
  5 days ago

• Federal Courts Rule Schools Can’t Punish Cyberbullies!

  
  Pandora's Blog — Authority: 128
  There was a huge court decision made last month by a federal judge. The gist is that he ruled that a school that had punished a student for cyberbullying had gone too far and overstepped its bounds. While this may have been legally the right decision, to keep the student’s free speech rights un-violated, think about ...
  5 days ago

• Sue Scheff: Parenting 2010 (part 1)

  
  Sue Scheff (P.U.R.E.) - "Parent Empowerment!" — Authority: 120
  Part 1 of a 5 part series for a "virtual make-over" in 2010! As quickly as the holidays have come upon us, New Years is literally weeks away. What will your resolution be as a parent? Parenting teens today is extremely challenging. With all the technology, cell phones, i-Phones, i-Pods, and much more, how can ...
  5 days ago

• FTC Seeks Out Explicit Content in Kids Virtual Worlds

  
  This Mommy Gig — Authority: 109
  A recent headline in Virtual World News certainly caught my eye: “ FTC Study Finds ‘Explicit Sexual Content’ in Teen, Kids Virtual Worlds .” Having written several reviews of kids virtual worlds here, I was at first relieved to not see any of them named in the article. Then, I got nervous when I found three ...
  6 days ago

• SnoopFree Privacy Shield – Free Keylogger Protection

  
  Bill Mullins' Weblog - Tech Thoughts — Authority: 138
  Keylogger malware, delivered by Trojans, and often incorporating rootkit technology, seems to be on the increase lately; much of it focusing on stealing victims’ banking credentials, including passwords. MMORPG (online multiplayer games), appear to be particular targets; especially WOW (World of Warcraft).This type ...
  1 week ago

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