05 October 2006
Tech 2 Blog :: Thanks For The Add, And The Spyware :: October :: 2006
As intrepid Web users collect photos, videos and friends on social-networking sites, they could be opening themselves up to malicious software, according to a study published on Wednesday by the National Cyber Security Alliance and CA. More than 83% of adults who use sites like News Corp.’s MySpace, YouTube and Facebook admit downloading content from another user’s profile, and 74% say they give out personal information on these sites, according to the study.
02 October 2006
Rethinking IM Privacy For Kids
Snooping through the family computer, a woman discovered that her 13-year-old daughter and some girlfriends had posted profiles on the Internet site MySpace. Word spread, and soon the other moms had ordered the youngsters to delete their profiles. But that didn’t deter the River Dell Middle School students.
09 September 2006
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