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 [...]
As at-home exercise technology becomes more sophisticated, there are cybersecurity implications to consider. Being alive in the digital age means that we get to experience life in ways not possible previously. No doubt technology has added some concerns to our lives such as distraction, overuse, privacy and security. But in [...]
A picture is worth 1000 words, right? Well, now that our smart phones give us a camera in-hand 24/7, we have a lot to say as we document our lives with great frequency and a level of detail like never before. Sure, the documenting of a friend’s child most minor, [...]
I bet like many Americans, you do much of your shopping online. It’s convenient, easier to price compare and the selection is great, right? All true—but online shopping comes with risks. Here are some tips to help you ensure that your gift giving is marked by cheer – not tears. [...]
Even if your kids are older and have been immersed into screens, virtual worlds and all that technology has to offer for years, it’s not too late to have the “tech talk.” “Sexting has been found among children as young as 9 and 10 years old.” —Parents’ New Fear: Cyber-bullying, [...]
While security tools will, no doubt, change in the weeks, months and years ahead, passwords will likely remain a part of healthy security hygiene. Password management is a personal grooming habit that you need to be sure to teach your kids. If they don’t learn basic password management skills from [...]
It’s not easy being a kid today. Having grown up before the advent of cell phones, omnipresent cameras, texting and a hyper-connectivity to friends, families and strangers worldwide, I can’t really say which aspects of the digital age would have been a problem for me as a teenager. But, no [...]
By Jennifer Geller, Savvy Cyber Kids Contributor The ‘world-wide’ expanse of the web and our digital worlds means we can reach out and touch someone – pretty much everyone we know and then some—almost effortlessly. One might say thoughtlessly. As a digital parent you have likely offered your kids sage [...]
How many website passwords do you keep track of? Way more than you can remember, right? I know that you KNOW that you are supposed to use strong passwords – long, unpredictable passwords that contain numbers and symbols, and use unique passwords for every website. And I know that you [...]
