Category Archives: Safety

Students finally wake up to Facebook privacy issues

Posted on August 5, 2010 by mrpbps

Are we selling younger generations short in the way that they deal with internet safety issues? This article suggests that in fact the opposite may indeed be the case and that over the past year they have become very much … Continue reading →

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Privacy is precious and we should protect it

Posted on May 24, 2010 by mrpbps

Facebook has been the catalyst for considerable discussion and discourse on the topic of privacy. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has even suggested that the age of privacy is dead. Quite understandably these latter suggestions brought about a whole lot of … Continue reading →

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Facebook Privacy Settings: How To Fix Your Profile In 2 Minutes (VIDEO)

Posted on May 15, 2010 by mrpbps

With all the controversy related to Facebook and privacy issues this video from the Huffington Post looks simple and sensible advice. In light of recent changes, Facebook privacy settings these days can be a hassle. To exert full control over … Continue reading →

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A simple fix for Internet censorship in schools and Ultranet Queries

Posted on March 27, 2010 by mrpbps

Schools and libraries are hurting students by setting up heavy-handed Web filtering software that block access to potentially educational sites. Instead, educators should trust teachers and librarians to oversee schools Internet access, says Craig Cunningham, a professor at National-Louis University. … Continue reading →

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Mad as hell and not going to take it any more?

Posted on March 1, 2010 by mrpbps

How much do we really know about what happens on the internet? How much of our time spent on the net is done within a naive expectation that no-one else really knows what we’re doing? Maybe you have an appreciation … Continue reading →

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More Tiny Chat And Roulette

Posted on February 25, 2010 by mrpbps

Chatroulette continues to make the news and the news is not all that promising. Mashable reports, with video support, that from one random exploration the audience was made up of 71% Males, 15% Females and 14% Perverts These were roughly … Continue reading →

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Chatroulette: A Spin Not Worth Taking

Posted on February 17, 2010 by mrpbps

Those who know me well know that I am by nature a positive person, especially when it comes to technology and things internet. On this occasion I find I am completely negative in writing about a startup that has recently … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Privacy Safety : Microsoft Releases a Study on Data Privacy Day

Posted on January 31, 2010 by mrpbps

To mark the 4th Annual Data Privacy Day Microsoft has released details of a survey conducted with a range of HR professionals and job seekers in the US, UK, Germany and France. The survey makes concrete what has been spoken … Continue reading →

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YouTube You Choose Really Useful

Posted on January 24, 2010 by mrpbps

From yourphotofate comes this really neat use of YouTube. It’s interesting on a couple of levels one because of the message that is portrayed and the second in the use of YouTube annotations. For those unfamiliar with YouTube annotations, this … Continue reading →

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For Viral Crooks, Social Networks Are Prime Targets – NYTimes.com

Posted on December 14, 2009 by mrpbps

Once it was the odd email that caused us the embarrassment and potential damage of hijacking from spammers and other more malicious. Now social media with it’s multiple linkages can increase this risk almost exponentially and with little or no … Continue reading →

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