App helps parents protect their kids from the unthinkable

App helps parents protect their kids from the unthinkable

Scroll down for 1-minute broadcast & 5-minute podcast interview with NCMEC’s Callahan Walsh The odds of a child being kidnapped, especially by a stranger, are relatively low. But it’s still every parent’s nightmare. And, even if your child isn’t kidnapped,...
Helping Melania Trump fight cyberbullying

Helping Melania Trump fight cyberbullying

The voters have spoken and Melania Trump is our next first lady. Typically, I wouldn’t give advice to someone about to occupy the east wing of the White House, but Mrs. Trump has said that she plans to use her new platform to help combat cyberbullying. “We must find...
Podcast: Protecting yourself on Wi-Fi

Podcast: Protecting yourself on Wi-Fi

Just about everyone uses W-Fi these days, whether at home or on the go. But, says Larry’s guest AVG Technologies’ Senior Security Analyst Tony Anscombe, public Wi-Fi networks can be very insecure, especially if there is any doubt as to whose network...
How to Disable Location on your Mobile Device

How to Disable Location on your Mobile Device

Android Phones and Devices: Go to Settings, then Permissions, then Location and turn it off. When an app asks for access to your location, you can choose to grant it or not. To disable geo-tagging of photos, open the camera and then click on the gear icon and set...
You are responsible for what you post, share, maybe even ‘like’

You are responsible for what you post, share, maybe even ‘like’

By Larry Magid In the words of Bernard Baruch, “Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.” He said that in 1950, but if he were alive today, he’d probably be saying it with even more urgency.   I see and hear false...
Dangers of electronic voting machines & internet voting

Dangers of electronic voting machines & internet voting

Listen to Larry Magid’s interview with Stanford University computer scientist Dr. David Dill Americans are divided over who we’re going to vote for this November but just about all of us want the elections to be fair and for the results to accurately...