by ehickerson | Jun 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Email scams are when you receive an email from someone purporting to be a genuine person or company, but is actually an online fraudster trying to trick you into disclosing personal information. This is often referred to as ‘phishing’. Normally, people click on the...
by ehickerson | Jun 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Ofcom’s annual ‘Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes’ report aims to provide a comprehensive picture of how young people use and experience the internet in any given year.In the guide you’ll find information on areas including children’s online...
by Mr D Martin | Apr 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Teaming up with the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Cyber Crime Unit to help you get wise to some common online offences. Do you know how to spot a phishing email? Can you trust public WiFi? And what you should you do if a young person becomes interested in hacking?...
by Mr D Martin | Apr 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
A 3D ‘lifestyle simulator’ for mobiles, Avakin Life has a notable percentage of young teens among its 1.4 million daily users. But is the content really suitable for such an impressionable audience? With revealing outfits, suggestive dance moves and private chats with...
by Mr D Martin | Apr 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Between May 2020 and January 2021, the value of audio chat discussion app Clubhouse soared from $100 million to $1 billion. Only available on Apple devices (for now), it’s currently ranked #7 in the App Store’s social networking chart: not too shabby for an app that...
by Mr D Martin | Apr 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
The multimedia messaging app Signal has been dubbed “an overnight success, years in the making”. The result of a merger between two older apps (TextSecure and RedPhone), Signal has been available since 2015, but didn’t gain notable popularity until the latter half of...
