11 June 2012

Analysts foresee LinkedIn downfall post data breach - ITvoir


Social networking site for professionals LinkedIn has recently faced a data breach that stole passwords of 6.4 million LinkedIn users. It is worth noticing, LinkedIn, which made its stock debut last year, is a social media destination for numerous ...

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Small businesses not afraid of data breaches - Help Net Security


As the number of data breaches involving smaller businesses continues to grow, a new survey by The Hartford finds that 85 percent of small business owners believe a data breach is unlikely, and many are not implementing simple security measures to help ...

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Could the Internet Bring on a Zombie Apocalypse? - Newsweek


The alleged killer, Luka Rocco Magnotta, was a social-media 'whore,' in the words of one criminal profiler, juggling several extreme online personas and reveling in the attention until he was arrested last week at an Internet café.

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The tangled web: Use caution when posting pictures of your children - Scotsman


Since YouTube is frequently under attack for not censoring inappropriate content, or for allegedly failing to crack down on content on its site which could be seen as pornographic, however, it seems almost inevitable clips of naked children would ...

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Jane Devine: Multiple and contradictory rules don't protect children - Scotsman


When it comes to the rules in place to keep children safe, however, things are quite different. The sheer number of rules, their illogical and sometimes contradictory nature, and our fear of getting things wrong, have the potential to create a more ...

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Should Facebook allow 8-year-olds to join? - Boston Globe


A Facebook spokesperson told me in an e-mail that the company is in 'continuous dialogue' with government regulators over how to 'help parents keep their kids safe in an evolving online environment,' but added that Facebook has made no decisions on ...

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Keeping kids safe in the water - Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)


Keep kids safe in pools
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