What Is Two Step Verification? Two Step verification can be a bit of a pain at times if you work from lots of different devices, but what it means is, that if someone were trying to hack into your account on a different computer from yours (as is usually the case, unless they have… Continue Reading
Lets not confuse the term Cyber Bullying with a public protest done through social media. Certainly during the most recent Alan Jones kerfuffle there have been abusive messages posted both at him, his station 2GB, and his advertisers. But was it the abusive messages, or the rational, but angry posts, and the number of them… Continue Reading
I’m honoured to be presenting a talk at the October Pittwater Business Limited Breakfast at Bayview Golf Club on the 17th October 2012. This is a unique talk by Leonie Smith who was featured on 60 Minutes last Sunday for the Charlotte Dawson Interview on Bullying and Trolls on Twitter. Leonie expertise as a social… Continue Reading
More than JUST a Cyber Safety Talk I’m sure by now most of you have seen or attended a Cyber Safety talk to help inform you about what to expect with your children being online. This free webinar being organised by “Working Mums Masterclass” will take you a step further from simply informing… Continue Reading
You may think that you are only sharing your Facebook posts and private information with a few friends, but unless you have a look at your Facebook profile from the point of view of a total stranger, you don’t really know if you have all the privacy settings ticked off. Below is a short video… Continue Reading
There’s been a few changes since my last Facebook Privacy settings video. Here is a quick How-To Facebook Privacy settings step by step video. I don’t go into any deep explanation of what the settings are but just show you the settings that I’ve mentioned in my talk. Just pause the video if I get… Continue Reading
There’s a big difference in maturity between a 13 year old and a 17 year old, yet some social networks and gaming platforms, are created precisely for that age range to mix and “hookup” socially. I find this quite extraordinary! As a parent, surely you wouldn’t want your 13 year old to go to an… Continue Reading
All users of Social Media should be aware of how public their posts and private details are, but none more so than you as a business owner and your employees. The Australian Olympic committee either didn’t give athletes Nick D’Arcy and Kenrick Monk (seen right) instruction on their social media use in regards to… Continue Reading
Todays Wall Street Journal has an article with a quote from a Facebook Rep suggesting they may be working on a version of Facebook for kids under the age of 13yrs old. By now you all know the legal age of kids on Facebook has to be 13yrs. Not going into the why or… Continue Reading
This article (see left) in todays Brisbane Times doesn’t surprise me. I know of another school here in NSW on the Northshore that has a similar suspension policy for Children under 13yrs with Facebook accounts, I’m sure there are probably more. In the Times article it reports that the headmistress Leonie Hultgren from Harlaxton Public… Continue Reading