SAFE News
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Utah, video-gaming industry launch web safety initiative
Fri, Nov 20, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: Safety & security
On Nov. 18, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and Michael D. Gallagher, president and CEO of the Entertainment Software Association, announced the availability of a free program -- Wired With Wisdom -- aimed at addressing internet threats to children through improved parental education, reports the Deseret News. [ Read More ]
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Students' speech rights become murkier on social-networking sites
Thu, Nov 19, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: Safety & security
As social-networking sites attract younger followers, schools across the country are grappling with the fuzzy boundary between harmless online chatter and valid security concerns, reports the Dallas Morning News. [ Read More ]
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Cal Poly Pomona discloses online security breach
Tue, Nov 17, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: Safety & security , Security
The Social Security numbers, home addresses, and phone contacts for at least 300 students who applied for admission to Cal Poly Pomona six years ago were unintentionally disclosed online, reports the Los Angeles Times. [ Read More ]
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Calculator hackers multiply their fun, pushing TI's buttons
Mon, Nov 16, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: Safety & security
Calculator hackers are a small band of enthusiasts who revel in making their devices perform sometimes oddball tasks. But to engage in some of their antics, they have to get around the Texas Instruments coding that aims to prevent hobbyists from hijacking the devices -- and TI isn't happy about this, reports the Wall Street Journal. [ Read More ]
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Prince George's schools to salvage computer system
Mon, Nov 16, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: School Administration , Computer security
An investigation by Prince George's County, Md., school officials found the SchoolMax scheduling system that snarled the first days of the new school year had significant shortcomings that required repeated repairs. But it also determined that replacing the system would be more costly and time-consuming than fixing it, reports the Washington Post. [ Read More ]
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Gunman at upstate NY school surrenders to police
Tue, Nov 10, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: Safety & security
A former student held a New York school administrator hostage for more than an hour on Nov. 10, then surrendered to police without firing a shot, officials said. No one was injured. [ Read More ]
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Rutgers computer scientists work to strengthen online security
Mon, Nov 09, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: Computer security
If you forget your password when logging onto a secure web site, the site typically asks you a security question: What is your mother's maiden name? Where were you born? The trouble is, such questions are not very secure. More people than you think might know the answers, or be able to guess. Now, computer scientists at Rutgers are testing a new tactic that could be both easier and more secure, the university reports. [ Read More ]
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Treating kids on the web in a new way
Mon, Nov 09, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: Safety & security
San Jose Mercury News columnist Larry Magid spent part of last week in Washington, D.C., attending a gathering that turned out to be a "watershed moment in the 16-year history of online safety education," he writes. [ Read More ]
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FCC proposes web-safety education rules
Mon, Nov 09, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: eRate , Safety & security
Schools and libraries receiving federal e-Rate funding would have to submit proof that they have implemented internet safety education programs along with their e-Rate applications, according to a new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Nov. 5. Key words: e-Rate, internet safety, internet safety education, Web Wise Kids, educational technology, FCC, internet monitoring, online safety [ Read More ]
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Protecting kids or free speech: Where to draw the line?
Fri, Nov 06, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: Litigation , Safety & security
Controlling what children see on TV, online, and in other electronic media requires a delicate balancing act between the First Amendment rights of content providers and the desire to protect kids from inappropriate material, said panelists during a Nov. 2 discussion at the Georgetown Law Center in Washington, D.C. Key words: First Amendment rights, digital media, Georgetown Law Center, Common Sense Media, educational technology [ Read More ]
