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IN THE HEADLINES: “Sextortion” — a New Threat for Your Kids

Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● August 27, 2010

I recently read a report that that digital camera will soon be a thing of the past, because soon a camera will be a standard feature in most cell phones – if we’re not already there. And while that’s great news for people who like the convenience of always having a camera in their pocket, [...]

IN THE HEADLINES: Cybercrooks Getting Younger, but Not Smarter

Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● August 25, 2010

Two eighteen-year-olds appeared in a British court in early August accused of running their own online black market in everything an identity thief would need to own your identity. And they might still be running it today, unchallenged, if they hadn’t made so many blundering mistakes. The two teens, along with some other accomplices, were [...]

Why Identity Protection for Kids Matters

Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● March 31, 2010

People blog. That may sound like an obvious statement, but it is worth repeating. From TheFutureBuzz blog, the statistics from the beginning of 2009 were as follows: 133,000,000 blogs were indexed by Technorati (a search engine specific to searching blogs) since 2002 346,000,000 people globally read blogs (from comScore March 2008) An average of 900,000 [...]

Identity Safety for Your Teens

Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● December 7, 2009

In our previous posting, we looked at the dangers of Identity Theft for our kids. We asked the tough questions about how prepared our children are, and considered the scary notion of just how vulnerable children can be to fraud, scams, and identity theft. The tips we offered could be applied to any age of [...]


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