by Larry Magid At Facebook 2019 F8 developer’s conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that “groups are now at the heart of the experience, just as much as your friends and family are.” He was talking about an initiative to get Facebook users to join semi-private...
by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News It can happen to anyone. Suddenly you can’t access the files on your computer or you may be completely locked out of the machine. And then you got a message from a hacker, demanding a payment to unlock...
By Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News It’s been a big week when it comes to resources for promoting wellness and helping protect children online. Instagram announced that it will now prevent adults from sending messages to people under 18 who...
by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News In 2019, the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel Network took in 650,572 identity theft reports, which represented 20% of all fraud reports. The agency said that 88% of those were credit card...
by Larry Magid A bill being debated by the Iowa legislature could have the unintended consequence of preventing social media companies from protecting children as well as adults from cyberbullying, harassment, sexual solicitation, unwanted advertising and other...
by Larry Magid Passwords are the bane of our existence, and I’m hoping that they will soon go away. Indeed there are already alternatives to having to enter passwords. My bank lets me use my fingerprint to log in on its phone app, but like most biometric...
