by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News The new version of Apple’s iOS operating system for iPhones and iPad has a feature that requires users to opt-in before an app on your device can track you across other apps and websites. When you first...
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...
ConnectSafely’s interview with Facebook head of global safety, Antigone Davis As Facebook’s head of global safety, Antigone Davis helps develop and enforce guidelines that govern how more than 2.4 billion people in the world use the company’s...
Microsoft’s Jacqueline Beauchere explains the research to Larry Magid by Larry Magid For the past five years, Microsoft has conducted a global research study on digital civility and online risk among young people and adults. The results of the latest survey,...
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Kamala Harris and Larry Magid at 2015 event Click here to ‘Get Involved’ in Safer Internet Day By Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Last year, on the second Tuesday of February, about 300 high school and...