Parenthood’s 12 Tips for Parents and Facebook

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Parenthood’s 12 Tips for Parents and Facebook

By Marijo Tinlin on Sunday, March 13th, 2011 | 2 Comments

These points are from a fabulous article that appeared on Parenthood recently that is very well-sourced and brings up some excellent points. Please read that article too. Kids need help understanding life on-line. Sometimes they may think they are being funny or horsing around but their actions can have long-term effects including denial of college [...]

10 Easy Ways to Minimize Spyware and Viruses

By Marijo Tinlin on Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011 | No Comments

With the pervasiveness of viruses and un-seen spyware, many of us may be infected and not even know it. The problem is rampant, getting worse and can be very expensive for companies to fix. According to Erik Eckel’s article on TechRepublic, annual worldwide malware repair expenses have increased from $3 billion to $13 billion within [...]

4 Types of Malware You Should Know About

By Marijo Tinlin on Sunday, February 20th, 2011 | No Comments

Cyber attacks are in the news all the time and many tools are available to help you protect yourself. Here are four kinds of malware to be aware of and how to protect yourself and your children from the Google Family Safety Center page. Phishing Scams Email is super efficient, cheap and has immense reach [...]

Legality of Monitoring/Surveillance Software Continued

By admin on Tuesday, January 11th, 2011 | No Comments

When set up on a machine that doesn’t fulfil the preceding measures, surveillance software technically becomes spyware. Spyware is illegal. Its usage could lead to both civil and criminal punishments. Employers can install surveillance programs on every business-owned machine. Monitoring programs could discover and circumvent any possible computer troubles that may prohibit a workforce’s capacity [...]

Legality of Monitoring/Surveillance Software

By admin on Thursday, December 16th, 2010 | No Comments

Surveillance programs have the equivalent capabilities as spyware. All the same, there are a trio of distinctive components that differentiate the two types of programs. These differences are informed consent, computer ownership and parental stewardship. In other words, the user has given permission to install the program and is aware the program has been installed. [...]

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