Social media sure has its advantages, which is why it has become such a big part of everyone’s life. [Read more…]
Location-Based Search Provider Named to Douglas Magazine’s 10 to Watch
The cover line of the Apr/May issue says it all: “They Dare to think Different.” This Victoria, British Columbia-based company is redefining and expanding the boundaries of conventional Internet searching by tapping into geographical tags embedded in social media posts. [Read more…]
3 Ways to Protect Your Whereabouts from Leaking Online
Finding a nearby movie theater with the help of an app, using a maps feature on your smartphone to get where you need to go and “checking in” to a restaurant on social media to score a free appetizer are all helpful and fun features in today’s digital age. [Read more…]
How to… Access Your Google Location History
If you use google services then you likely have a location history stored by Google – don’t worry though, only you can see it! [Read more…]
Share Safely – A 5 Point Facebook Security Checkup
Sharing information is fast and simple (perhaps too easy) and for many, it really is quite tempting to over-share, however, while doing so you may also be giving up loads of personal information without even realizing it. Case in point, Facebook. [Read more…]
Back to School in an era where students are constantly on their phones and love sharing
Once again fall is here and that means back to school. Students at high school and post-secondary schools are constantly on their phones and love sharing things across a number of social media platforms. Lots of the information that students are sharing is publicly available and can be leveraged for security and safety purposes by a school’s administration. [Read more…]
Parental Monitoring Startup Artimys to Reinvent Category with New Artificial Intelligence-Based Apps
Startup Launches Kickstarter Campaign to Build Apps that Protect Kids’ Privacy while Alerting Parents to Sexual Predation, Bullying, Suicidal Talk or other Dangerous Behaviors [Read more…]
USB wall charger secretly logs keystrokes from Microsoft wireless keyboards nearby
An interesting security / privacy tidbit from VentureBeat…
Location Privacy and What you Might be Sharing Over Public WiFi
An interesting read from Maurits Martijn as a test from an Internet Cafe in Amsterdam reveals just how easy it is for a hacker to exploit you and ruin your life if they want! “We took a hacker to a café and, in 20 minutes, he knew where everyone else was born, what schools they attended, and the last five things they googled.” [Read more…]
Facebook Generation Rekindles Expectation of Privacy Online
Mark Zuckerberg said in 2010 that privacy was no longer a “social norm.” But four years later, the pendulum might be ready to swing the other way. [Read more…]