January 2010
Data Privacy Day Highlights Continued Concerns & Solutions
Submitted by SafeInternet on Sun, 2010-01-31 23:55We've written often about the security risks that users face when they publish too much personal information about themselves on social networking sites, but what about their own personal brand? According to Reputation Defender, a new member of the Safe Internet Alliance, what we share on these sites has further implications other than protecting ourselves from cyber criminals. We also need to be protected from ourselves:
State of the Net: Where technology meets public policy
Submitted by SafeInternet on Wed, 2010-01-27 18:15During the State of the Net conference today, House Communications & Internet Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher told an audience that he intends to create a bill that attempts to establish a national standard for protecting wireless consumers.
Creating a balance between media consumption and face-to-face interaction.
Submitted by SafeInternet on Tue, 2010-01-26 13:05According to a report published in 2009 by Nielsen, time spent online among kids increased 63 percent in the last five years. Since 2004, the actual number of kids who have gained online access has increased by 18 percent.
"The growth of children online outpaces the overall growth of children in the U.S., where kids under 14 are projected decrease by 1 percent from 2004 to 2010," the report states.
As users migrate to the Cloud, security concerns arise
Submitted by SafeInternet on Fri, 2010-01-22 16:36As we enter a new decade, computer users increasingly ditch their USB drives, disks, and other storage devices, instead choosing to access their data and documents through the Internet. Whether it's uploading pictures directly to an online album like Photobucket or composing letters on Google Documents, these new applications allow us to perform tasks that would have been relegated to the desktop computer a decade ago.
How Internet scams evolve: Spear Phishing
Submitted by SafeInternet on Fri, 2010-01-22 12:55Though there are many who fall for phishing scams -- otherwise they wouldn't be so abundant -- because they're so reliant on mass emails sent out to thousands of people they can be easy to spot if you're Internet savvy. A phishing scammer may try to get hold of account numbers for Bank of America and send his email out to many who don't even have Bank of America accounts. Because the scammer knows very little about his victims it can be difficult to trick them into thinking his emails are legitimate.
Microsoft Participates in Brookings Event on Cloud Computing
Submitted by Safe Internet on Thu, 2010-01-21 09:27By, Joy Howell, Board Member of Safe Internet Alliance
FCC workshop on Innovation, Investment and the Open Internet
Submitted by SafeInternet on Mon, 2010-01-18 09:39Speaking before a workshop on "Innovation, Investment and the Open Internet," Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski told an audience that the FCC is engaged in a months-long process of ensuring a "free and open Internet."
Internet Safety in 2010 – A Report from CES
Submitted by SafeInternet on Wed, 2010-01-13 15:16By Linda Criddle
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), where companies, writers and consumers gather to see the latest technologies and discuss upcoming trends took place last weekend, and 2010 is promising to be an exciting year for Internet safety.
The conference gave tantalizing signs that companies, educators and non-profit groups are finally moving beyond the rudimentary ‘block and filter’ technologies and mentality of the past to give parents and youth more meaningful safety options.
Net neutrality and universal broadband major focus at CES
Submitted by SafeInternet on Wed, 2010-01-13 15:08After a Q&A conducted by Consumer Electronics Assn. CEO Gary Shapiro, nearly every blogger and attendee agreed that FCC chairman Julius Genachowski wasn't very forthcoming about his views on hot button tech policy issues. Considering that many of those watching had a vested interest in how those issues shake out, it's not shocking that there was a certain degree of frustration -- yet very little surprise -- at Chairman Genachowski's lack of firm rhetoric.
Tech policy a major focus at CES
Submitted by SafeInternet on Fri, 2010-01-08 17:26Though many who are attending this year's Computer Electronics Show will wander the aisles, sampling the plethora of tech gadgets displayed in booths on the show room floor, there is also a large focus on tech policy and the growing role the government plays in regulating it.