I think these are pretty common sense rules about livestreaming, or any internet use for kids, honestly. I’ve seen some kids do really cool things with Youtube channels, or just using the various platforms to interact with other kids. I’ve also seen horror story after horror story of what happens when kids don’t understand the…
I don’t think many people have been thinking much about how much is going to change in a couple of weeks. “Sunrise day” for the GDPR is 25 May. That’s when the EU can start smacking fines on violators. Simply put, your site or service is a violator if it extracts or processes personal data…
I know many people look at those of us who are concerned about privacy and the people who have information about us as some kind of conspiracy theorists, worrying that the government is going after us individually. I get why that can seem far fetched, but this is really why we concern ourselves with it….
This is my conclusion after reading the “apology” from some of the founders of internet platforms. As an early blogger and social media fan, I too felt like these new tools would be a tremendous way to share information, learning, and connect with people to continue that learning. I still believe it is that, on…
No worries, I’m sure no one would ever misuse this much data, right? Although they have huge potential to make life better, the possibility of increasingly smarter cities also raises serious privacy concerns. Through sensors embedded into our cities, and the smartphones in our pockets, smart cities will have the power to constantly identify where…
The other day, as I was perusing various news sources, I happened upon back to back articles from Psychology Today. Now at first glimpse these articles might not seem related, but I think they are. Let me start by talking about Facebook though. Way back in his Harvard days, Mark Zuckerberg, the legend holds, started…