Kik is a community chat app that allows users to connect with brands or chat one-on-one or in groups, with text, emojis, memes, videos and photos. Teens love Kik because it’s an “in the moment” experience, without the profile curation fatigue they can feel on other apps, where their photos, videos or status updates are [ Read More ]
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New Apps Used by Children Spark Safety Concerns
Comments Off on New Apps Used by Children Spark Safety ConcernsSmartphone apps have the power, now more than ever. From setting up dates to playing games with people around the world, users are more connected. But when it comes to kids, how far is too far for these apps? According to a report published by research firm Influence Central, the average kid receives their first [ Read More ]
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Your Mailman Is a Drug Dealer. He Just Doesn’t Know It
Comments Off on Your Mailman Is a Drug Dealer. He Just Doesn’t Know ItThe Dark Web conjures images of gothic fonts and black backgrounds, like a metal fan’s MySpace page circa 2001. But this section of the internet looks surprisingly normal. Accessible only through the TOR browser, there are Google-style search engines and Amazon-style marketplaces. Except what they’re selling are mostly illegal things—stolen passports, hacked account numbers, and [ Read More ]
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Keeping Your Kids Safe(r) on Kik
Comments Off on Keeping Your Kids Safe(r) on KikThomas Fox-Brewster’s recent Forbes post about child exploitation on Kik raises issues that can’t be ignored. As Fox-Brewster documents, there have been reports of far too much illegal child abuse material on the service as well as cases of young people being targeted for grooming. Read more…
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New Secure Keyboard CipherBoard Redefines Communication Privacy across iOS and Android Apps with End-to-End Encryption
Comments Off on New Secure Keyboard CipherBoard Redefines Communication Privacy across iOS and Android Apps with End-to-End EncryptionCipherBoard, a just launched secure keyboard, is now making conversations across different iOS and Android apps private and secure like never before. With end-to-end encryption within any app, CipherBoard allows users the freedom to write and send encrypted messages that can only be read by the target recipients. Read more…
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