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Smartphone fingerprint readers hacked by ink jet photo

March 9, 2016

By Larry Magid Many of today’s smartphones, including most from Apple and Samsung, have fingerprint readers that enable you to register one or more of your fingerprints to

3 ways we can give students a voice in Internet safety

March 2, 2016

Safer Internet Day 2016 Student Reversal Activity (Photo by: Paul Drinkwater/NBC)

By Kerry Gallagher We are in the midst or a revolution in information and we have an opportunity. Collectively, we are building the information repository of the future by

The inside story of Facebook’s Reactions: Beyond ‘Like’

February 24, 2016

By Larry Magid By now you may have heard that Facebook’s “like” button has company. In addition to saying that you like someone else’s post, you can

Why Apple is correct in fighting court order to hack iPhone

February 18, 2016

By Larry Magid Since the news broke Tuesday night, I’ve done a lot of live radio and TV interviews about the battle going on between the FBI and Apple and almost every

ConnectSafely’s successful Safer Internet Day celebration

February 17, 2016

By Hani Khan ConnectSafely.org presented the official U.S. Safer Internet Day 2016: ‘Play your part for a better Internet’ event at Universal Studios Hollywood on

Students at Safer Internet Day propose solutions for online safety, civility and security

February 13, 2016

Students working on question at SID 2016

Students working on a question at SID 2016 One of the activities at the U.S. Safer Internet Day celebration at Universal Studios Hollywood on February 9th was for the 300

Fighting back against online harassment and cyberbullying

February 11, 2016

By Larry Magid A whopping 65 percent of Internet users between the ages of 18 and 29 were the target of abuse. Among young adult women, 26 percent of those who were harassed online were stalked while 25 percent were the target of online sexual harassment.

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