July 2010
11 Things an Online Criminal Will Never Tell You
Submitted by SafeInternet on Fri, 2010-07-23 11:01Guest post by: Linda Criddle, president of Safe Internet Alliance
Increase in Sexting Among Teens AND Their Parents
Submitted by Safe Internet on Thu, 2010-07-22 01:00By Linda Criddle
Wonder Which Sites Most Internet Users Turn To?
Submitted by SafeInternet on Mon, 2010-07-19 01:00Guest post by: Linda Criddle, president of Safe Internet Alliance
New Trends In Child Safety Monitoring Tools for Cell Phones
Submitted by SafeInternet on Tue, 2010-07-13 01:00Guest post by: Linda Criddle, president of Safe Internet Alliance
Here is the promised cell phone safety tools follow up to my New Trends in Child Safety Monitoring Tools for PC’s.
With 21% 8-10 year-olds, and close to 70% of 11-14 year-olds having their own cell phone, providing families the ability to help protect their children in the mobile environment is critical.
Scams Swindle Consumers out of Thousands of Dollars
Submitted by SafeInternet on Tue, 2010-07-06 14:16Guest post by: Linda Criddle, president of Safe Internet Alliance
The FBI reports that scams where criminals pretend they are a friend of yours who has been harmed in some way and who is in urgent need of financial assistance are on the rise.
These "I need help" scams work by hijacking email, social networking accounts, or anywhere messages can be sent to access the user's friends lists to set up social engineering scams that swindle the 'victims' friends and family out of thousands of dollars.
California Senate Bill Misses Its Goal to Promote Internet Safety
Submitted by SafeInternet on Thu, 2010-07-01 16:18Guest post by: Stacie Rumenap, Stop Child Predators
Will Smart Grid's Encroach on Your Privacy?
Submitted by SafeInternet on Thu, 2010-07-01 01:00"Smart grid" technologies are designed to give utility companies greater control over household energy use, enabling them to smooth power demand surges and reduce overall use.
These technologies focus on home power meters that can display energy use in real time to consumers, and allow the meters to wirelessly communicate with the power companies, helping them forecast demand, charge more at peak times of day, and even turn off individual appliances remotely.