A new video game called “Detroit: Become Human” to be released this year for Playstation 4 is causing quite an outrage, as you can see by this article I’ve linked to. This new game contains scenes involving murder and violent abuse of a child. In a movie, those scenes would be disturbing enough, but in… Continue Reading
Reflections on 2017 This year I’ve been to Perth, Kangaroo Island, Tasmania, Townsville and Griffith among other exotic locations. It is fascinating to see how each location differs with their approach to online safety and how the community is, or is not… getting involved. I was heartened to see some of the smaller communities I visited like Kangaroo… Continue Reading
Over this past year myself and many of my cyber safety colleagues, have noticed a marked increase in the numbers of primary school children, some as young as seven years old who claim they are using Snapchat. A teacher at one school I visited told me she believed that one of her Kindergarten children was… Continue Reading
Trigger Warning: Creepy Clown Image Below: The “YouTube Kids” App was launched two years ago in 2015. I reviewed the app just after it’s launch here in Australia. Google developed the app specifically to be a safer video viewer app for children to use. Note: They do have a disclaimer within their “Parental Guide Page” within… Continue Reading
Netflix has some great video content for kids, but how do parents ensure that the shows kids and teens are accessing are suitable for their child? Netflix has parental controls and some different options for filtering content for children and teens. There is no substitute for parental supervision, as some content whilst not adult as… Continue Reading
What Is Roblox? Roblox is a very popular online multi player game similar in appearance to Minecraft. Roblox was launched in 2006 and now has over 30 Million active users. Roblox is primarily an online platform that hosts user/player made games. Players can choose which games they want to play. Games can be anything from… Continue Reading
There’s been a few media stories last week about Twitter exposing young people to pornography. Twitter is an adult social media platform, and all adult social media platforms have adult content and pornography. So… nothing new here. YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, even Musical.ly all have various amounts and levels of pornography and adult content. Twitter’s pornography is… Continue Reading
Leonie Smith The Cyber Safety Lady’s advice on Channel 9’s A Current Affair. Leonie Presents Cyber Safety Talks for schools, business, and community groups. Continue Reading
“Disappearing” Messaging Apps New Trends With 158 Million Daily users, Snapchat messenger is one of the most popular apps in the world. It’s “Disappearing” message feature was a key part of it’s early success with users reporting that they felt freer and safer using the app than say Facebook, where they felt their posts would have a… Continue Reading
Leaving your personal details like your phone number, birthdate, address and contacts publicly available on social media or websites could lead to a scammer stealing your identity and your cash! Don’t think this would ever happen to you? Continue Reading