When hurricanes, typhoons and tsunamis unleash their fury, we see heartbreaking accounts of the damage and the aftermath as residents try to re-build their lives. Thanks to a 24-hour news cycle, we see more than numbers and statistics; we oftentimes meet the individuals whose lives have been torn apart and [...]
Raising a ‘savvy cyber kid’ does not just happen. It takes involved parents – parents who are aware of their kids’ online activities and more than a few ‘tech talks’ before a child will begin to absorb the basic premises of cyber safety and cyber ethics. After all, some of [...]
According to the New York Times, in an article titled, The Ads Think They Know You, most ads that you see online are “tailored just for you’...and ‘powered by vast, hidden datasets that allow advertisers to make eerily accurate guesses about who you are, where you’ve been, how you feel [...]
No doubt, by now you have heard of phishing, the fraudulent practice of using emails, DMs or texts that end up taking you to a copycat websites pretending to be from a reputable company in order to get you to reveal personal information, such as account numbers, Social Security numbers, [...]
In the Digital Age, we are spending more of our day online and less time IRL (in real life). From shopping and dating to learning and teaching, our interactions online are having a greater influence on how we and others see ourselves, how we think, and how we see the [...]
On March 26, Ben Halpert, Savvy Cyber Kids’ founder, gave testimony before Georgia Legislature’s House committee in support of HR 553, which would create a House study committee on cyber-bullying. Ben told state representatives, “Those wishing to cause our children harm now have more effective ways of doing so. The [...]
I am guessing you have gotten quite a few notifications from Facebook friends that they’re Facebook accounts have been hacked. Maybe it’s happened to you? Either way, I am sure there was lot of well-meaning messaging back and forth, encouraging reporting to Facebook and more. Here is what you need [...]
No doubt, you are aware your personal information is a valuable asset that could be of great benefit to an identity thief. You know this and you’re teaching your children to keep their identity private when they are online and not to share personal information – anything from name, address [...]
As a digital parent, I bet you sometimes wonder if your kids are really listening to all the concerns you have about their online behaviors and habits. Well, parenting isn’t always linear. My 14-year-old daughter recently was on BuzzFeed and watched a video called: I Hacked Peoples’ webcams. The intent [...]
Ben recently travelled to Massachusetts and presented to more than 1,000 seventh graders at middle schools in the Haverhill school district. His presentations were underwritten by HTM Credit Union. Read about what Ben Halpert wants teenagers to know what is really happening with the technology they use in their daily [...]
