Parental supervision for sharing
Social media websites like Facebook, Instagram and alike are so heavily used because they make it easy for people to share information with others. Many don’t know that sometimes, what they share is shared with…
Improve your security
Advises for parents and tutors in regard to online safety
1. Education and trust Talk with young people about what is appropriate and what’s not. Explain what is and configure with them the privacy and security settings for the social networks they use. Let them…
Use dedicated accounts for each user
I remember that at the beginning of this year a strange news has made it around the globe: a 7 years child almost bought a British Harrier jet fighter on the online auction site eBay….
Harden your Facebook account
Nowadays the social media life is a significant part of our every day lives. We must make sure that we keep this part of our lives under control. Failing to do so may have significant…
Protect yourself and all your devices against tracking for FREE
A new article to be added in Chapter 5:Protect yourself and all your devices against tracking for FREE The idea behind tracking is actually a good one. Imagine that you search on Amazon for “hard…
Protect yourself and all your devices against aggressive advertisements for FREE
A new article to be added in Chapter 5:Protect yourself and all your devices against aggressive advertisements for FREE There is a lot of money being spent in the IT industry on analytics and on…
Online Protection
It is usually said that those who are behind a hardware router are protected from any danger. This is true in regard to the connections that come from outside but it is not true for…
Securing your notebook
Quite a lot of people take now their netbook or smartphone with them when travelling. Because of this, almost every quarter of the year we read stories about sensitive personal data was lost because some…
Update your software often
Every week or even day we see new vulnerabilities popping up in all software packages which we use daily: In the operating system (Windows, Mac, Linux), PDF Readers, Web browsers, Mail clients, Office suites, and…
Password protect your smartphone
A recent study published in various online magazines showed that more and more people tend to replace their traditional mobile phones with smartphones. This trend applies not only to young people who are usually more…