Today I received a phone call from a Sydney mother of a Year 8 school girl asking advice about the Q&A social media platform Ask.FM in relation to an ongoing cyber bullying episode. Apparently an Ask.FM account (not her daughters) was receiving anonymous questions that were set up to look as if they came from… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Privacy Online
How safe is your business and your family online?
Cyber Security Week panel of experts 24th May 2013. Harbord Diggers, Freshwater Northern Beaches 7-9pm Business and families are all going online. We make transactions, communicate, socialise and learn online. This year we have two representatives from the Northern Beaches who were chosen as National Cyber Security Awareness Week Ambassadors being held from the 20th –… Continue Reading
Dangerous Facebook Apps. Which Ones Are They?
Review Facebook is somewhat of a walled garden when it comes to setting up safety filters and safe search settings for internet use for your younger aged teens who use Facebook. Facebook is much more than just sharing updates and chatting, it also has apps and games connected with it. Any app or game that… Continue Reading
Leonie Smith Interviewed On “The Project” For Cyber Security Awareness Week.
“The Project” Channel 10 Cyber Safety Awareness Week 2013 Leonie was interviewed about cyber safety on Channel 10’s “The Project” for the Australian Governments Cyber Security Awareness Week March 2013. This video’s subject matter centres around online scams. Continue Reading
Parents Need Cyber Tutoring
The Manly Daily & News Local Some great tips here from Leonie Smith in the Manly Daily Continue Reading
Cyber Safety Interview On 96.5FM
Leonie’s interview with Ilija Dugandzic from Brisbane’s 96FiveFM about some of the most important tips that parents need to know to keep their children safe on computers and mobile devices. 96.5FM Brisbane Cyber Safety Interview Continue Reading
How To Set Up Facebook Privacy Settings On The Mobile App For iPad And iPhone
With increasing numbers of people buying iPads and other tablets to use as their main computer, it’s important to note that the newer version of the official Facebook Mobile app now has the full set of privacy settings available on it. In the past you could only set the more in depth settings up… Continue Reading
Fake Facebook Page Scam, Parents Beware!
This week I was contacted by a parent here on the Northern Beaches who’s daughter was duped by an online predator, who is posing as a well known Australian T.V show celebrity on Facebook. This man, has set up many Facebook pages impersonating this particular Australian “Soap” star. In this particularly alarming case the… Continue Reading
Huge Privacy Issue With Facebook’s Graph Search!
Facebook’s “Graph Search” is slowly being rolled out here in Australia. Facebook’s Graph Search is a new way to search Facebook so that you can use Facebook profiles with very personal details to pin-point and drill down exactly who you want to find, weather they are a friend or not. This new search uses your… Continue Reading
Facebook’s New Privacy Shortcut Settings
Facebook’s New Search Engine. Graph Search. Good for business. Bad for Privacy! With the soon to be released Facebook Graph Search just being announced, it is now imperative that you have the privacy level you want on Facebook. If you thought Timeline was a shock with how easy it was for people to… Continue Reading