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ChatRoulette.com is the latest fad to hit the social media list, but this one is a bit different and a lot less secure than your usual Twitter or Facebook. Chat Roulette is a video chatting website where a user…

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After a much-anticipated release, Google Buzz has hit the web, drawing mixed reviews from critics. Though the social networking service boasts easy-to-use features and real-time activity, many have chalked it up to be a “Twitter and Facebook wannabe” plagued…

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Surveillance of students’ Internet use is important, but it seems that one school in Pennsylvania has taken it too far. The school has allegedly been spying on students and their families through webcams on school-issued laptops.

The laptops in question…

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As the practice of sexting — an abbreviation for sex and texting — becomes an increasing problem among today’s youth, we are beginning to see a surge in the number of anti-sexting campaigns.

The practice and term have become so…

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In order to provide a safer, more controlled experience for viewers, YouTube recently announced an opt-in Safety Mode.

As a form of parental control, YouTube’s Safety Mode helps control the type of content you want to view on the site,…

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Mobile phone users can now search the web for information by focusing their handset camera on a particular object, taking a snapshot and clicking “search.” Goggles, a recently launched image-based search service by Google, compares users’ snapshots with its vast…

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Provided by authors Mindi McDowell and Allen Householder of the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT).

Digital signatures are a way to verify that an email message is really from the person who supposedly sent it and that it hasn’t…

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2010 has rolled in, lugging in last year’s strain of scams and hoaxes. This year, forecasters anticipate old scams repackaged with new themes and more sophisticated methods.

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Created by Melissa, a Youth Intern Writer at RadicalParenting.com.

Sometimes youth need to hear advice from another youth in order for it to make sense.  So I’m on a mission to help protect youth by providing the most honest and straightforward…

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Originally published December 29, 2009

For online communication technologies like messengers and chat rooms, a major question of concern among parents is: Who is my child chatting with?

While most teens would assure parents they’re using instant messaging (IM) and…

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