The Digital Sheepdog
How Our Kids Hide Their On-line Activity From Parents
A recent 2012 survey commissioned by software security firm McAfee, reported out that 71 percent of teenagers admitted to hiding online activities from their parents. In many cases, parents were unaware of what their kids were up to online. …
Are We Sharing Too Much ???
For the past several years I have been speaking about how we are placing TMI (too much information) into our social networks, and how this is creating a "personal" digtial dossier that is becoming very searchable by anyone and everyone. …
The Facebook "Edit" Function
In the past, Facebook (FB) has only allowed you to edit a posted comment for a very short amount of time (maximum 30 seconds) after it was posted. Recently however, FB has now updated this function that will now allow you to edit all your posted comments no matter how old they are, which will be incredibly valuable for those who did not notice a typo, or fall victim to a premature send.
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Sexting and College
Although sexting is a real issue (not to mention illegal) with students in Jr and Sr high school, it is also a much larger issue with students who are in college or university. Although once you reach the age of 18yrs in Canada, consentual sexting with those 18yrs and older is not illegal, there are still social challenges that a student may face should those pictures become public. …
Youth Targetting (bullying) a Senior
Peer Aggresion (bullying) is not always youth on youth, its about the act itself. Here's what it looks like:
Darren
The Digital Sheepdog
Check Out Our New Internet and Social Media Resource Page
We have hade many readers ask us for an Internet and Social Media Resource page. We have listened !!!!!! Head here have a look:
Internet and Social Media Resource Page
Darren
The Digital Sheepdog
SMS Scams, It Was Only A Matter Of Time
Given the increased popularity of SMS/MMS texting, it was only a matter of time before the criminal element found a way to utilize this service to their criminal advantage. Very recently the following text message was received by hundreds of users in Canada (notice this was on an iPhone):
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How Criminals Target Facebook
Given that approximately 20% of Facebook users have been exposed to malware, and that over 600,000 accounts are hacked almost daily, www.247Wallst.com release an article that they called “9 Ways That A Criminal Uses Facebook” that we should all be aware of, and that I share with you here:
Facebook's Facial Recognition
Facebook’s Facial Recognition:
Facebook announced in June 2011, that their facial recognition technology would be added to their Social Network, which would allow users to semi-automate their very popular photo-tagging process. Each time a user “tags” a picture with a name, the technology, through facial recognition, learns more about what the tagged person looks like. …
