Facebook has become more concerned about its users’ security. The social giant understands that education is the key to providing users with a secure experience. We have already seen the Facebook “dinosaur” guiding us via privacy settings. Now Facebook pops out a short guide to improve the security of our profiles. We strongly recommend not […]
Yesterday, we looked at two hot areas to be aware of regarding your online security: Data breaches and mobile security. Today, we’ll look at two more areas that haven’t caused as much trouble or damage as the other two, but are likely to grow in importance. Internet of (Every)Thing at risk The “smart” home has […]
In last night’s broadcast of the Sugar Bowl, a showdown of two power-house college football teams in the USA, Allstate Insurance, aired a series of brilliant commercials about the risk of over-sharing on social networks. The social media team at Avast has been preaching this message for a while now, so we were happy to […]
ソーシャルネットワーク上のコンテンツは、またたく間に広まります。たとえば今年の初めにも、人気のスマートフォンアプリに関するデマメールが飛び交いました。デマにはいくつものパターンがありましたが、あるメッセージはコンピュータで生成された音声で「Send this message in the next 20 minutes to 20 friends or you will be dead by tomorrow.(20 分以内に 20 人の友人にこのメッセージを転送せよ。さもないと明日までの命だ)」と告げるものでした。通常であれば、これほど露骨であれば、受信したユーザーは誰も相手にせずメッセージを削除して終わるはずでした。ところが、このとき使われたのは 10 代に非常に人気のあるインスタントメッセージサービスだったため、多くの学生が怖がり、心配して次々とメッセージを転送したのです。ドイツではこのデマが山火事のように広まり、あまりに多くの未成年者の間に広がったため、このデマメールについて警察が警告を始めたほどです。
In Switzerland, a judge sentenced a young man to pay a fine for a comment he made on a social network. According to news reports, he felt he didn’t receive a sufficient number of birthday congratulations from his 290 friends on the social network…
“Who wouldn’t want to have more likes on their Facebook page?” This is the motivation of a very trivial code to get more likes, but while other methods usually comprise of adding better content or advertising, this one is a bit easier, and much dirtier. Why not show the like button directly beneath your mouse […]
In a blog post published back in June, we shared the stories of a few unfortunate people who were fired from their jobs or passed over for a job promotion because of over-sharing on social networks. If you are looking for a job and wonder why you are not getting a call back, it could […]
Millions of users access social networks every day in order to share, engage, and look for information as well as entertainment. The transparency of social networks come with a risk and we very often expose ourselves to hackers and scammers that can take advantage of information we share. Social platforms constantly improve security and privacy […]
Anonymity affords a precarious, irresistible power to teens online. Ask.fm is one app that’s exploding in popularity by allowing users to ask and answer questions to one another anonymously. While Ask.fm is used by many teens as a digital playground to flirt and just have fun (and confess crushes), the lack of a name or Read more…
Q: I overheard my son telling his friend to message him on Path. What is Path and should I be concerned? A: Good question and hats off to you for paying attention to what your kids are doing online. Path is a new(er) social network app specifically designed for smart phones. It allows users to keep Read more…