The new policy: Ditch third-party trackers in apps designed for youngsters, lest the app get booted out of the App Store.
Tag Archives: kids
Kids’ VTech tablets vulnerable to eavesdropping hackers
Attackers can boobytrap what should be access to only parent-vetted sites and can take over the webcam, speakers and microphone.
Hacking MiSafes’ smartwatches for kids is child’s play
Researchers describe breaking into the watches as “probably the simplest hack we have ever seen.”
Would you put your kids on Facebook? 60 Second Security
Watch the latest episode of our weekly computer security video – it only takes a minute!
Police: Stop posting pictures of your kids on social media!
Police in Germany created a viral hit by appealing to people to stop stripping children of their privacy.
Role players get cuddly with photos of other people’s kids
It’s disturbing to see your child’s photo in adoption role play. It’s scarier still to see the #BabyRP hashtag lumped in with sexual tags.
17% of parents ignore privacy settings but still post hundreds of photos of kids online
Parents upload an average of 973 photos of kids on social media before they hit 5 but 17% admit they don’t check privacy settings, ever.
Are smartphones bad for our kids?
The rate of suicide and self-harm among children is exploding, and one therapist is pointing a finger at constant internet access.
Google plans YouTube clean-up, ready for kid customers
The new services reportedly will include a dashboard for parents, a child-safe YouTube, and a new age requirement on Android gadgets. This might be a good thing. Can you imagine a YouTube that won’t make you feel like you need a shower after a viewing session? Then this might be a bad thing. Helloooooo, micro-data-mining!
Facebook ordered to disclose records on underage users
Facebook says it doesn’t keep them longer than six months, but a court in Belfast is nonetheless ordering it to hand over any records it might have or control about its underage users. The case concerns a girl who, starting at the age of 11, took out four Facebook accounts and used them to post sexually suggestive photos. 