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Sharenting – Like Parenting, Only Digital
A few years ago AVG coined the term “Digital Birth” to describe the moment an online identity begins. The name grew out of a survey that determined at least a quarter of today’s children have digital...
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National Cyber Security Awareness Week 2013 Kicks Off!
This morning a few of us journeyed over to the John Monash Science School, which is a high school in the grounds of Monash University Clayton, where the students are focused on a science curriculum....
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Staying Smart At School
The definition of “smart” seems to have changed in recent times. When I was a student, it meant saving money and not splashing out on expensive gadgets, yet today it seems that being smart means having...
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You Might Be Over The Hill, But It’s Still Uphill Online!
One of the startling facts I read once was that Facebook’s fastest growing user base was, in fact, the over 50′s age group. Then I realised that many are being forced into using social networking sites...
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Beware: LinkedIn Email Scam Leads To Fake Login Page!
LinkedIn is a popular business networking site that lets like minded colleagues network and share groups that help to further enhance careers and business opportunities. If you’re part of the work...
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Who’s The Internet Safety Officer In Your Home?
Every family these days needs an internet safety officer. You know, the person that can be relied on to provide helpful advice should something on the web not sound or look quite right, fix minor...
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Alert: Zeus Trojan Targets Facebook Users
The Zeus trojan was first spotted in the wild in 2007 when it was designed to steal your passwords and access your bank accounts to withdraw you funds. Zeus has had a resurgence lately and is now...
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The Top 5 Facebook Scams You Need To Know About
With all the scams that circulate on Facebook, sometimes we think an appropriate alternative name for the site could be “Scambook”! While some Facebook scams are relatively harmless, others can land...
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Privacy Fix: Disable Facebook’s Facial Recognition
Pictures are a core component of the Facebook experience. Most of the time, you’re either posting pictures or looking at pictures. One fun feature of Facebook is that you can be tagged in a photo,...
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How To Prevent Your Children From Being “Groomed” On Facebook
Being a parent back in the ‘old days’ wasn’t so bad. Your children’s friends used to come to your house and you’d get to know their circle of friends and of course, you would send your child to other...
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So You Fell For A Facebook Scam… Here’s What To Do Next
If you’re on Facebook, you’ll be well aware that the number of scams that exist on the social network are copious to say the least. And although we may do our very best to stay alert to, and avoid, the...
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How To Clean Out Your YouTube Watch History For Better Online Privacy
Do you realise that YouTube keeps a history of all the videos you view? If you didn’t, we’ve got some news for you: it does – and the history includes both what you view on the site itself, and the...
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How To Spring Clean Your Online Reputation
Ah the internet! A source of interesting information, pictures, videos and ways to connect with family and friends. It’s never been so easy, and what’s more, you can now use your smartphone for all of...
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Two Quick Privacy Tips For Instagram Users
Are you on the Instagram bandwagon? If so, you may have heard that the app isn’t just for photo sharing anymore – it now offers the option of shooting, sharing and editing up to 15 seconds of video,...
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New Online Dating Scam Leads To Blackmail
Looking for love (sometimes in all the wrong places!) is easy to do these days, with the proliferation of dating websites and we’ve shared stories with you in the past about this. However, not all is...
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6 LinkedIn Privacy Changes You Need To Make… Right Now.
Just like any other social networking site, LinkedIn comes with its fair share of online privacy concerns – and they’re often pretty easy to miss. While the site is about professional connections and...
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Fixing Your Online Privacy – With PrivacyFix
One of the things that we’re very passionate about at AVG is giving everyone the ability to manage and control their own privacy online. As part of that commitment, AVG recently acquired a fantastic...
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Mobile Users Share Twice As Much As Desktop Users
A recent survey of over 6 billion social interactions (4.9bn desktops and 1.2bn mobiles) by ShareThis has shown that mobile users are almost twice as likely to share content as their desktop...
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Facebook Privacy Tip: Clear Out Your Search History
You may have recently read or heard about the Facebook “Graph Search” function, which is part of Facebook’s efforts to make all of its content easier for you to search. It basically means it’s now a...
View ArticleWhy Comment Spam Is Big Business
If you write a blog, have a Facebook page or own a website, then chances are that you’ve had ‘comment spam’. So just what is comment spam? It’s comments posted on your site, by spammers that are...
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