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Author Archives: Gavin May
The Project – Get the message on sexting
Last night Channel 10′s The Project ran a story about a young Victorian man and the difficult situation that he now finds himself in since a friend sent him a sext. Corey Clement is now on the Sex Offenders Register for 8 … Continue reading
Posted in Cyber Crime, Cyber Safety, cybersafety, Dangers, Digital Reputation, Phones, Sexting
Tagged Cyber Crime, Cybersafety, Digital Reputation, mobile phones, sexting
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Microsoft Support Scam Still Going
18 months ago I wrote about a scam where callers purporting to be from Microsoft Support were ripping off Australians. The scam involved the scammer telling the victim to go into their system directory and delete a file. In doing … Continue reading
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Tagged ACMA, Cyber Crime, Cybersafety, hacking, Microsoft, Windows Update
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Sexting – the Law
Over the past two years icybersafe.com has featured a number of articles about sexting, starting with the film ‘Megan sends a sext‘. Mostly we’ve focused on digital reputation and the fact that once a sext photo gets into the wild … Continue reading
Keep up with your kids
If you are struggling to keep up with the latest computer terms and acronyms, don’t stress – you are not alone! Even though I work in ICT (Information Communication Technology) everyday I seem to have to learn a new TLA … Continue reading
Updates to the Filters Section
Blocking software or filters are the names used for programs that you can install and use on your computer to control the information that is accessed by children whilst on the internet. One of the features of this site is … Continue reading
Facebook Approaches 1 Billion Users
According to an article in Mashable, Facebook will reach 1 billion users before the end of 2012. Facebook currently has 901 million active users, up 56 million since the start of the year! Other staggering figures quoted in the article are … Continue reading
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38% of Children on Facebook are Underage – is Yours?
According to an article on Mashable, a new report from MinorMonitor finds that 38% of children on Facebook are aged 12 or younger. Facebook’s Terms and Conditions currently restrict children under the age of 13 from registering, however, this doesn’t … Continue reading
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Social Media Policy
At our Professional Development Day today all staff were shown this short video from the Victorian Justice Department about their Social Media Policy. This is a great video applicable to employees everywhere and gives common sense advice about how to … Continue reading
Talk like a teenager LOL
If you can’t understand what your child is writing when they send you a text, help is at hand with iCyberSafe.com’s Guide to Talking Like a Teenager! SMS text messages are limited to 140 characters, so it is easy to understand why users … Continue reading
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‘Sneaky Hat’ CyberCraze – Dr Michael Carr-Gregg on Sunrise
Dr Michael Carr-Gregg recently appeared on Sunrise to discuss the latest cyber craze called ‘sneaky hat’. This involves young people posting naked photos online with only a hat to cover their modesty. When asked why young people are doing this, … Continue reading
Free Community Seminar
Leading Your Kids on the Cyber Express – Presented by Dianne Taylor You are invited to this FREE seminar for adults designed to help parents take control of their children’s internet behaviour. Wednesday 16 November 2011, 7.00pm The Centenary Centre … Continue reading
Facebook Change Privacy Options
Facebook have today announce a raft of changes to the way users control their privacy. Amongst the features introduced are: Inline profile controls; Profile tag review; Content tag review; View profile as; Change your mind after you post; Tag Who … Continue reading
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