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Using Public Wi-Fi. How to Protect Yourself.

2/12/12 11:25am by allison_n
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Welcome to part three of "Be Smart, Secure and Safe. A Guide to Managing Your Online Privacy."  Read more >

Bloggers! Ask Rep. Markey About Kids and Online Privacy

1/31/12 9:47am by Rita Arens
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Do you worry about your kids' privacy online? Do you even know what information marketers are gathering about your child and his or her online habits? Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) -- who authored the Children’s Online Privacy Protect Act of 1998 (COPPA) for the House -- is holding a conference call for bloggers with Jim Steyer from Common Sense Media at 1:30PM EST/12:30 PM CT/10:30 AM PT on Thursday, February 2nd (that's this week!) to discuss a new bipartisan bill he's co-sponsoring, H.R. 1895, Do Not Track Kids Online -- and he wants our questions, BlogHers!  Read more >

How Parents Normalized Teen Password Sharing

1/23/12 3:01pm by zephoria
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In 2005, I started asking teenagers about their password habits. My original set of questions focused on teens' attitudes about giving their password to their parents, but I quickly became enamored with teens' stories of sharing passwords with friends and significant others. So I was ecstatic when Pew Internet & American Life Project decided to survey teens about their password sharing habits. Pew found that one third of online 12-17 year olds share their password with a friend or significant other and that almost half of those 14-17 do. I love when data gets reinforced.  Read more >

Hiding in Plain Sight: Writing a Blog Anonymously

12/16/11 6:00am by Her Royal Fabul...
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In case you haven't figured it out, Her Royal Fabulousness is not the name on my birth certificate. Confession: I am still living in the blogging closet. Although I desperately want to come out of the shadows, I am still grappling with the idea of blogging publicly, under my real name. As a member of the blogging community (specifically infertility blogging), I see my fellow bloggers split into three camps. There are those who are completely open about their identities, those who blog with real first names but no other identifiable information, and those who use assumed identities, like mine. We all have reasons for choosing our preferred level of privacy, but my decision has left me unsettled.  Read more >

Why Parents Help Children Violate Facebook's 13+ Rule

11/1/11 7:55am by zephoria
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"At what age should I let my child join Facebook?" This is a question that countless parents have asked my collaborators and me. Often, it's followed by the following: "I know that 13 is the minimum age to join Facebook, but is it really so bad that my 12-year-old is on the site?"  Read more >

"Mommy, a Man Videotaped Me!"

10/13/11 8:00am by MomsperimentsMom
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It was one of those mellow early-fall afternoons that demand to be embraced and savored. "Mommy! Mommy!" Breaking into my reverie, my daughter came running, almost tripping over the grass in her excitement. "A man just took a videotape of Tori and me!" She grinned and clasped her hands together. "He says we're going to be on TV!"  Read more >