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How Parents Can Help Their Children Stay Safe Online

Online dangers have parents and many others worried about how they can stay safe online. Being properly educated about online dangers is the best way to protect yourself and your family from them. Facebook, MySpace, and many other social networking sites have come under fire for online predators. This is particularly concerning to parents that [...]

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What iSAFE Teaches About Cyber Security

iSAFE is a non-profit organization that helps students, teachers, parents, and anyone who uses the Internet on how to be safe. This includes protecting information stored on your computer from attacks. Financial statements, social security numbers, and other incriminating information that are stored on your computer could cause you a world of hurt if they [...]

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How to Keep Your Kids Safe Online

If your kids are like most kids, they’re probably pretty savvy when it comes to computers and Internet usage. Classrooms today utilize computers as teaching tools, and oftentimes, kids seem to know more about computers and the Internet than their parents do! The Internet is a great tool for kids of all ages. It is [...]

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Need To Know: Sexting and Your Child

Sexting is the act of sending sexually suggestive messages or pictures from your cell phone. These pictures are then often shared between multiple cell phones and often end up being posted on the Internet. This phenomenon has grown in popularity despite the rise of prosecutions that are now occurring across the country. If you are [...]

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Sexting: The New Cell Phone Trend

While the word sexting is a new phenomenon for most adults, the reality is that this trend seems to be catching on among teens across the country. While society may seem to be inventing new words all the time to describe the new trends (and make them seem harmless) the real truth is that sexting [...]

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Facebook, Your Employer, and Old Photos

Baby boomers, generation X, and the Millennials are all joining social networks like Facebook to reconnect with old friends, network, meet new people, and stay connected to their current friends. However, the generation gap has caused friction regarding what pictures are fair game to post on the network. Baby boomers assume that all of the [...]

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Keeping Your Child Safe Online by Spying

Many children know more about the Internet than their parents do. They are easily able to navigate their way online and this can open up a whole new world for them. Children can make new friends, communicate with current friends, and play games. While this can be a great opportunity, the Internet can also be [...]

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Using Built-In Computer Parental Controls to Supervise Online Activity

Computers are now even more helpful to parents who are trying to keep their children safe while they spend time online. Macs and PCs have parental controls that are actually built into their operating systems. The newer operating systems, Mac OS X Leopard and Windows Vista, give parents even more control than any other system [...]

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