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Cyberbullying: Starting the Conversation About Cyberbullying
October 1st marks Cyberbullying Prevention Month and in the wake of so many recent “bullycides,” we thought now might be a good time to delve a bit deeper into the frightening and very real world of cyberbullying. As you already know, there have been numerous cases of severe bullying (both online and off) popping up [...]
Privacy: Google Engineer Fired After Spying on Seattle Teens Online
A very disturbing story appeared on Gawker’s website about a 27-year old Google engineer named David Barksdale who was fired from Google’s Kirkland, Washington office after allegedly spying on four teenagers’ online accounts for months. Google has since corroborated the report. Barksdale, who describes himself as a hacker, had met the teens (all minors) at [...]
Privacy: Google Stores Your Internet Searches Forever
When you type a few search words into the Google search box, Google saves each and every one of your search activities. While some degree of anonymity is achieved (your name and address are not attached to the searches), this personal information can be easily obtained by peeling back some of the layers once your [...]
Privacy: Quick & Simple Changes to Help Protect Your Privacy
Lifehacker, a popular technology blog, recently published a “Top 10” list of changes that everybody should make to help protect their privacy. The computer safety tips range from performing your own background check by Googling yourself to choosing better security questions for password recovery systems. The blog also suggests that users not only understand their [...]
Social Networks: High-Profile People Quit Facebook
Amid serious privacy concerns, technology guru and radio host/video podcaster known as “The Tech guy,” Leo Laporte, officially announced this week that he quit Facebook after reading a blog post written by entrepreneur Jason Calacanis that was particularly convincing. Laporte reportedly donated money to Diaspora, the Facebook alternative designed by four NYU students that will [...]
Privacy: 10 Countries Criticize Google’s Privacy Policies
Privacy and data-protection officials from ten countries including Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain and the United Kingdom have all signed a letter to Google which criticizes the company’s approach to online security and privacy. Citing Google’s social networking product (Buzz) and their mapping product that takes 360 degree photographs [...]
Privacy: Google’s Hackers Hit Password System
In January, Google suffered a major cyberattack when Chinese hackers penetrated their security system. Today, The New York Times reported that the hackers were actually able to infiltrate Google’s complex password system, called Gaia. Designed to allow users to log in only once, the software controls access to all of Google’s web services including Gmail [...]
Cyber-Bullying: Google Executives Convicted Over Cyber-Bullying Case
Three Google executives in Milan, Italy were convicted of violating the country’s privacy code over a video posted on Google that showed four high school boys teasing an autistic classmate. Although Google removed the video from the search platform, the executives were still sentenced to 6-months suspended jail terms. In essence, the Italian courts are [...]
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