By Anonymous High School Student At the end of last school year, my current laptop was starting to have things break. It is really hard to be in a class Zoom with broken speakers (luckily my headphones still worked). As the new school year was about to start I decided [...]
By Ben Halpert Legend has it that the famous bank robber Willie Sutton answered the question, “Why do you rob banks?” with “That’s where the money is.” While that statement is actually a simplification of his longer answer, that was the jist of it. Today’s cyber criminals focus on stealing [...]
By Ben Halpert People spend time catching up with others and finding out what is happening throughout the world on social media more than any other method of communication. The younger you are, the more time per day you spend doing it! And when we say young, we are not [...]
I Know Your Password Passwords. We all have them, and we all hate them. Why? As small business owners and consumers, we are busily trying to complete our daily list of to-do items as efficiently as possible. Yet, every time we want to read an article that affects our industries [...]
Dear Savvy Cyber Kids, Help! We decided to give our 10-year-old a phone and things have quickly gotten out of hand. Our child has created multiple social media accounts and has used their real name on the accounts (even after discussing this type of activity with them). We would like [...]
We received a question from a parent of an elementary school aged child: “I was wondering if you would write a post for us to post to our Facebook page about ZOOM safety. It doesn't have to be lengthy, in fact it shouldn't be or if you write something and [...]
By Elain Thompson. A hacker attacks every 39 seconds, affecting 1 in 3 Americans each year—adults and kids alike. With even adults susceptible to hackers, children are even more vulnerable to sharing personal information, accidentally downloading viruses, and more. While IoT products like your smart fridge or smart baby monitor [...]
By Anonymous High School Student TikTok is a creative video sharing app that has become a very popular social media platform for all ages, including young children. Like most social media apps, users must be 13+ to create a TikTok account. However, young kids know how to get around apps [...]
2019 ended on a high-note for Savvy Cyber Kids as we were featured in a cover story in the Sunday, December 8, 2019 edition of the New York Times, Video Games and Online Chats Are ‘Hunting Grounds’ for Sexual Predators. It was a surreal feeling to see a story that discusses [...]
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 [...]
