Apr 5, 2017
Revenge porn, when someone shares an intimate image of another person without his or her permission, is an awful practice, which often causes significant emotional distress. And that’s true even if the image was taken with the consent of the person but shared...
Mar 31, 2017
This post has been updated with a “how to protect yourself” sidebar (scroll down) By Larry Magid A few days ago I was clicking through Netflix and stumbled upon Inside Job, a 2010 documentary about how deregulation and greed during the Reagan, Clinton and...
Mar 15, 2017
This post first appeared in the Mercury News By Larry Magid Google is testing out a new service called Family Link, and it’s a big deal because it’s the first time this century that a major internet service provider is enrolling users under 13. The Children’s...
Mar 9, 2017
By Larry Magid This article first appeared on The Mercury News. In 2015 Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that prohibited California police and other state agencies from searching our phones and online accounts without our consent, a court order, or showing it is an...
Mar 3, 2017
Listen to Larry’s 1-minute CBS News Tech Talk segment about Facebook’s new tools By Larry Magid In 2010, ConnectSafely helped organize two meetings with Facebook staff over how the service could help prevent suicides. One meeting was at the company’s...
Jan 19, 2017
I got the following email from a relative of mine this week and it immediately sounded an alarm in my head. “Was on phone for hours with Yahoo tech in Texas. Apparently, my Yahoo account was hacked from outside the state several times and their own security system...
