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TikTok Abuses Kids, say DoJ and FTC
Richi Jennings | | Bytedance, children, Children and smartphones, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), china, chinese government, Coppa, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, social media, spyware, TikTok, TikTok Ban, Won’t somebody think of the children?
For You Plague: U.S. Justice Dept. and Federal Trade Commission file lawsuit, alleging TikTok broke the COPPA law, plus a previous injunction ...
Security Boulevard
Ohio’s New Social Media Law, Meta’s Link History Feature, 175 Million Passcode Guesses
Tom Eston | | Apple, brute-force attack, children, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, facebook, Information Security, Infosec, Instagram, iPhone, Link History, Meta, Ohio, Ohio Social Media Law, Ottawa, passcode, Passcodes, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, security, social media, technology, Teenagers, Weekly Edition
In episode 312, Tom and Scott discuss the implications of a new law in Ohio that may require parental consent for children under 16 using social media, including the pros and cons ...
Meta Sued for Ignoring its Underage Kids Problem (Because Money)
Richi Jennings | | child, child identity theft, child online privacy, Child Online Safety, Child protection, Child Safety, child security online, children, children online, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), children's privacy, Coppa, facebook, Instagram, Meta, online safety for children, Privacy, privacy children, Rights of Children, Safety Of Children, SB Blogwatch, Won’t somebody think of the children?
Don’t be square: Newly-unsealed COPPA suit says Zuck’s mob knows full well there are loads of users under the age of 13, but did nothing ...
Security Boulevard
TikTok Abused Kids’ Data — UK Fines it $16 Million
Richi Jennings | | Australia, Bytedance, children, Children and smartphones, five eyes, information commissioner's office, SB Blogwatch, TikTok, uk, Won’t somebody think of the children?
$8.50 per child: UK regulator punishes TikTok at 5.5% of revenue. Says app illegally tracked children ...
Security Boulevard
Teaching Cybersecurity to Children
A new draft of an Australian educational curriculum proposes teaching children as young as five cybersecurity: The proposed curriculum aims to teach five-year-old children — an age at which Australian kids first ...
Facebook Helped Develop a Tails Exploit
This is a weird story: Hernandez was able to evade capture for so long because he used Tails, a version of Linux designed for users at high risk of surveillance and which ...
The EARN-IT Act
Prepare for another attack on encryption in the U.S. The EARN-IT Act purports to be about protecting children from predation, but it's really about forcing the tech companies to break their encryption ...
How Do You Protect Your Children When They Go Online?
When you are thinking about a very special holiday gift for your kid, one of the first things that spring to mind is a smartphone, tablet or laptop. It’s common knowledge that ...
Worst-Case Thinking Breeds Fear and Irrationality
Here's a crazy story from the UK. Basically, someone sees a man and a little girl leaving a shopping center. Instead of thinking "it must be a father and daughter, which happens ...
Back to school cybersecurity: hints, tips, and links for a safer school year
Malwarebytes Labs | | 101, children, FYI, kids, return, school, school cybersecurity, schoolkids, semester, summer, term
Term time is upon us once more, and soon the summer holidays will be a thing of the past. We offer up some handy hints and tips for better back to school ...