Online Safety

With over 1.5 billion users, any hack on WhatsApp is a concerning one, particularly when WhatsApp (and Facebook who own WhatsApp) shout from the rooftops about privacy and security. It has been announced today (14th May 2019) that WhatsApp are urging all users to update their app due to a security bug (being reported as […]

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  Teens trying to use ‘ancient’ phone Let’s start the week off with a smile. The link below is to a YouTube video (2 minutes) of 2 American teenagers trying to use an old analogue phone. I have no idea whether it’s a setup or real, but it certainly brought a smile to my face:

Online Safety Update 13th May 2019 Read More »

I love my photography; I have been taking photographs since the mid 90’s. Like so many others, I started when our first son was born as I wanted to document our family, particularly our children growing up, and at one time I even developed my own black and whites, long before the days of digital.

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Children and Social Media (privacy settings) Last week I was at a wonderful school speaking to Y3 and 4 children. As part of the talk with the children, the subject of social media and privacy settings came up. One Y3 child stated that she wasn’t allowed to set her Instagram account to private, she said

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Digital Ghost Stories; Impact, Risks and Reason Hopefully we’ve seen the last of the latest so-called challenge, the one that starts with M and ends with O. By now, hopefully everyone knows that it was a hoax. Prof. Andy Phippen is a Professor of Social Responsibility in IT at University of Plymouth. Together with Emma

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