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Kids Online
Fantastic passwords and where your children can find them
How witches, wizards and superheroes can help your kids stay safe from cyber-villains, plus other parenting hacks to encourage your children to use secure passwords
Amer Owaida • 06 May 2021
How ESET’s work on SafetyNet® helps protect children online
For over a decade, ESET and the San Diego Police Foundation have been working together to help keep children safe from online threats
Amer Owaida • 05 Mar 2021
Safeguarding children against cyberbullying in the age of COVID-19
As screen time has increased, so has the risk of cyberbullying. What you can do to help protect your children from online harassment?
Amer Owaida • 26 Feb 2021
Data Privacy Day: Top tips for safe remote learning
As schools and students continue to contend with the very real cyber-risks of virtual classrooms, we share some advice for protecting children’s data and privacy
Amer Owaida • 28 Jan 2021
What’s your attitude to parental controls?
Nobody said parenting was easy, but in the digital age it comes with a whole slew of new challenges. How do parents view the role of parental monitoring in children's online safety?
Tony Anscombe • 15 Jan 2021
How To
Smart tech gifts: How to keep your kids and family safe
Cyberthreats can take the fun out of connected gadgets – here's how to make sure your children enjoy the tech without putting themselves or their family at risk
Tony Anscombe • 25 Dec 2020
Child abductors may use social media to lure victims, FBI warns
School closings and more screen time can ultimately put children at an increased risk of being kidnapped by strangers they met online
Amer Owaida • 16 Oct 2020
TikTok Family Pairing: Curate your children's content and more
With TikTok being all the rage especially with teens, we look at a feature that gives parents greater control over how their children interact with the app
Amer Owaida • 07 Sep 2020
Raising children in the social media limelight? Pause before you post
How (over)sharing your children’s triumphs and antics with the world may impact their immediate and distant future – and how to reduce the risks of such ‘sharenting’
Amer Owaida • 07 Jul 2020