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Will you ‘Gift’ Your Identity to Criminals this Holiday Season?

Linda Criddle wrote 6 months ago: Between careless clicks, falling for scams, and companies’ data breaches your identity is under esca … more →

FTC and EU Weigh in on Face Recognition Applications – Why Limiting the Use of This Technology Matters

Linda Criddle wrote 9 months ago: Who should own and control data about your face? Should companies be able to collect and use your fa … more →

Tags: EU, facebook, facial data, Facial Recognition, FTC, Google, Internet Privacy, internet safety, Internet Security

Top 10 Takeaways from AT&T Study of Families Mobile Phone Perceptions

Linda Criddle wrote 10 months ago: To better understand the landscape for families and mobile phones, AT&T commissioned GfK Roper P … more →

Tags: AT&T, cellphone, internet safety, Linda Criddle, Mobile Phone, smartphone

Want Increased Control Over online Communications? Consider Wickr

Linda Criddle wrote 10 months ago: If you’re tired of having your personal information, conversations, photos, texts, and video message … more →

Tags: cell phone, cell phone security, data privacy, encryption, Internet Privacy, internet safety, Internet Security, Linda Criddle, Mobile Phone

Proposed legislation would prevent employers from demanding Facebook access

Linda Criddle wrote 10 months ago: Responding to the blatant trampling of consumer’s privacy, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Repres … more →

Tags: Employees, employers, Linda Criddle, Password Protection Act, Privacy, Students

Canadian Teens Behind Human Trafficking Ring

Linda Criddle wrote 11 months ago: In a sickening new twist in teen-on-teen sexual exploitation, three Canadian teens girls (two 15-yea … more →

Tags: Canada, Human Trafficking, internet safety, Prostitution

Why would Facebook want to enroll children in a service built with little regard for adult safety/privacy/security? For the money.

Linda Criddle wrote 11 months ago: A floundering Facebook is under increased pressure to shore up their revenue and flat per user minut … more →

Tags: Consumer Reports, COPPA, facebook, facebook ipo, facebook lawsuit, FTC, Internet, Linda Criddle, Privacy

Infographic – Mother, Can I trust Google?

Linda Criddle wrote 11 months ago: This infographic by BackgroundCheck.org provides a great timeline of Google feature rollouts and som … more →

Tags: Google, ilookbothways, internet safety, Linda Criddle, Privacy, Security

Teens, Millennials, and Technology; How Well Do You Know What They’re Doing? [Infographic]

Linda Criddle wrote 11 months ago: This infographic, from OnlineSchools.com titled “The Millennial Teenager” has some great stats to he … more →

Tags: Cellphones, internet safety, Linda Criddle, millennials, Privacy, social networking, technology, Teens, text messaging

The Digital Marketing Mess – And Insight into Who’s Looking to Profit from Your Information

Linda Criddle wrote 11 months ago: A new infographic showing the social media marketing landscape was unveiled by Buddy Media this mont … more →

Tags: data sharing, Digital Marketing, Internet, Linda Criddle, Privacy, Safety, Security, Social Media

Nearly 1-in-5 of Computers in U.S. Have No Security Protection

Linda Criddle wrote 11 months ago: The good news is that just over 80% of the U.S. population has at least some security protection in … more →

Tags: Linda Criddle, Internet Security, Anti-Virus, Security software, basic security protection, basic security software rates, computer security protection, consumer pcs, Consumer Threats

Bill of Rights for Social Networkers [Infographic]

Linda Criddle wrote 12 months ago: A new infographic by BackgroundCheck does an excellent job of highlighting the issues surrounding re … more →

Tags: ACLU, Bill of Rights, facebook, Linda Criddle, Privacy, social networking

Frustrated by CAPCHA’s with wavy, pale, weird or unintelligible characters? Now, there’s hope!

Linda Criddle wrote 1 year ago: You’ve seen CAPCHA’S – Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Ap … more →

Tags: internet safety, Linda Criddle, Security, Captcha, logic

So how's everyone doing?2 comments

linda1st~non progressor wrote 1 year ago: I finally have high speed (internet)!   I hope to post more now, if there is a need for it.  I say t … more →

Tags: nutrition, supplements, vitamins, hiv blog, women & hiv, HIV empowerment, HIV nutrition, Eating Well

STOP THE TEXTS. STOP THE WRECKS. An Important New Campaign

Linda Criddle wrote 1 year ago: Today the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Ad Council have launched a new camp … more →

Tags: Teens, Texting, Linda Criddle, Distracted Driving, Driving, Safety, Stop the Texts Stop the Wrecks

9 Tips for Staying Secure Online – Infographic

Linda Criddle wrote 1 year ago: This infographic by ReversePhoneLookup.org has some great data points – including the sobering … more →

Tags: Privacy, ecommerce, Linda Criddle, Security, online security, data privacy, Passwords, reversephonelookup.org

The Real Woes for Apple Security Begin – 1 in 5 Mac Computers Now Carries Malware‏

Linda Criddle wrote 1 year ago: At the start of the month, in what was the largest attack on the Apple OS to date, a beleaguered App … more →

Tags: malware, Apple, Linda Criddle, Security, Virus, Mac, OSX.Flashback.K, Flashback.S, INTEGRO

Flashback Trojan has Infected Over 600,000 Macs

Linda Criddle wrote 1 year ago: This week Apple patched a flaw in their Java code to prevent Macs from becoming infected with the Fl … more →

Tags: malware, internet safety, Apple, Internet Security, Mac, trojan

New Online Safety Lesson: Texting and Driving Don’t Mix

Linda Criddle wrote 1 year ago: The 15th installment in the lesson series I’m writing on behalf of iKeepSafe, looks at distracted dr … more →

Tags: Teens, Texting, internet safety, Distracted Driving, internet education, iKeepSafe, ikeepcurrent


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