Internet Safety
A Parent’s Guide To Online Safety
In my last post about it being time to be a parent when it comes to web safety, I mentioned I’d continue with steps you can take to protect your children while online. 1. Take the computer out of the kid’s room. What I find particularly frightening is that parents tend to do things that [...]
Web Safety: It’s Time To Be A Parent
If there’s one thing a kid needs, it’s a parent. That may sound odd, but how many adults do you know who have kids, but really aren’t a parent? This is especially true when it comes to Internet safety. Do you really take part in your child’s Internet activities? Do you know where they’ve been [...]
Protect Kids While Surfing The Web With Littleye
Littleye is a service that takes the worry out of where your kids can go on the Web. By providing safe lists of sites that are appropriate for children, you essentially have a virtual “fence” for your kids to play in. Parents also have control in a number of ways. After the software is installed, [...]
Would You Like A Free Account With Family Secure?
This is not a paid-post. It has been estimated that 500,000 children were the victims of identity theft last year. Not only do I find that number staggering, but the fact that it’s children who are being affected is doubly so. To think that one’s identity could be stolen as a kid is not only [...]
Proof That Evil Lurks On MySpace
If you need more proof that MySpace can be a risk to your kids, then you’ll be interested to learn that earlier this month the popular web community found more than 29,000 profiles of registered sex offenders on their site. Even with a community of over 180 million, 29,000 is still a dangerous slice by [...]
These Guys Aren’t Even Trying Hard To Fool People
These PayPal phishing emails are becoming more and more popular it seems, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the people behind them are getting any smarter. This last message I received was still dripping with urgency, but they must have missed the class that explained how to hide the true destination of a link. Check it [...]
Family Fun Browsing With Glubble
I’ve reviewed a few parental control software packages here before, but none such as Glubble. This is a free add-on for the Firefox web browser and is geared for children under the age of 12. What makes Glubble different is that it’s not a typical web filter. Instead, it’s something that you tell it what [...]