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Trump U-Turn: TikTok’s On-Again/Off-Again U.S. Ban

Not For You: “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act” shouldn’t be enforced, orders President Trump ...

Security Boulevard

“Oh, won’t somebody please think of the children?”

Digital Crack for Kids: TikTok Sued Again by 14 AGs

Richi Jennings | October 9, 2024 | Bytedance, children, Children and smartphones, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), china, chinese government, Coppa, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, , spyware, TikTok, TikTok Ban, Won’t somebody think of the children?

For You Plague: TikTok’s in trouble once more—this time, some states complain it’s breaking laws by harvesting children’s data and keeping them addicted ...

Security Boulevard

TikTok Abuses Kids, say DoJ and FTC

Richi Jennings | August 5, 2024 | Bytedance, children, Children and smartphones, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), china, chinese government, Coppa, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, , spyware, TikTok, TikTok Ban, Won’t somebody think of the children?

For You Plague: U.S. Justice Dept. and Federal Trade Commission file lawsuit, alleging TikTok broke the COPPA law, plus a previous injunction ...

Security Boulevard

Ohio’s New Social Media Law, Meta’s Link History Feature, 175 Million Passcode Guesses

Tom Eston | January 15, 2024 | Apple, brute-force attack, children, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, facebook, Information Security, Infosec, Instagram, iPhone, Link History, Meta, Ohio, , Ottawa, passcode, Passcodes, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, security, , technology, Teenagers, Weekly Edition

In episode 312, Tom and Scott discuss the implications of a new law in Ohio that may require parental consent for children under 16 using social media, including the pros and cons ...

Shared Security Podcast

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Meta Sued for Ignoring its Underage Kids Problem (Because Money)

Don’t be square: Newly-unsealed COPPA suit says Zuck’s mob knows full well there are loads of users under the age of 13, but did nothing ...

Security Boulevard

TikTok Abused Kids’ Data — UK Fines it $16 Million

Richi Jennings | April 4, 2023 | Australia, Bytedance, children, Children and smartphones, five eyes, information commissioner's office, SB Blogwatch, TikTok, uk, Won’t somebody think of the children?

$8.50 per child: UK regulator punishes TikTok at 5.5% of revenue. Says app illegally tracked children ...

Security Boulevard

Teaching Cybersecurity to Children

Bruce Schneier | May 7, 2021 | children, Cybersecurity, generations, Privacy, Security Education, Uncategorized

A new draft of an Australian educational curriculum proposes teaching children as young as five cybersecurity: The proposed curriculum aims to teach five-year-old children — an age at which Australian kids first ...

Schneier on Security

Facebook Helped Develop a Tails Exploit

Bruce Schneier | June 12, 2020 | children, Exploits, facebook, FBI, pornography, zeroday

This is a weird story: Hernandez was able to evade capture for so long because he used Tails, a version of Linux designed for users at high risk of surveillance and which ...

Schneier on Security

The EARN-IT Act

Bruce Schneier | March 13, 2020 | backdoors, children, cryptography, cryptowars, encryption

Prepare for another attack on encryption in the U.S. The EARN-IT Act purports to be about protecting children from predation, but it's really about forcing the tech companies to break their encryption ...

Schneier on Security

How Do You Protect Your Children When They Go Online?

Tripwire Guest Authors | July 10, 2019 | children, Cybersecurity, Off Topic, Security Awareness, younow

When you are thinking about a very special holiday gift for your kid, one of the first things that spring to mind is a smartphone, tablet or laptop. It’s common knowledge that ...

The State of Security