Articles by larry

This post first appeared in the Mercury News by Larry Magid 2016 World Debating Championships Grand Finalist and 2012 European Debate Champion Harish Natarajan was standing on the left side of the stage and a […]

Just in time for Valentine’s Day,  the Federal Trade Commission published a post saying that in 2018, there were more than 21,000 reports “about romance scams with reported losses of $143 million,” up from  8,500 reports in […]

A rare Seattle snow storm forced Seattle Public Schools to cancel school on Safer Internet Day, Tuesday February 5th, so the 200 students slated to participate in the daytime event weren’t able to board the […]

Weak or compromised passwords are among the biggest threats to online security and privacy. Once cyber criminals get hold of your password, they can not only use it to break into your account but sell […]

On Safer Internet Day, Google released a Chrome browser extension called Password Checkup, that checks to see if any of your recently used passwords were detected in a data breach. The extension, which works with […]

by Larry Magid This coming Tuesday, my nonprofit, ConnectSafely.org, will host the official U.S. Safer Internet Day event at Google’s Seattle headquarters plus an evening event for families at a Seattle Housing Authority facility. We’re having […]

As you may have heard, there is a flaw on Apple Facetime for iOS and Mac that makes it possible for someone to listen in on what the microphone of another user hears even if […]

Apple’s spaceship-like Apple Park campus served as a launchpad Sunday afternoon as the company welcomed 11 female entrepreneurs from around the world for it’s Entrepreneur Camp, a program designed “to provide female app creators with […]

Tips for Parents (from Stop Think Connect) How to control your Facebook privacy including apps Europe’s new privacy law shakes up entire tech industry and impacts teens    Thinking before sharing is always good advice. […]

A letter from 15 U.S. senators to the heads of he Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission is calling for an investigation on “the sale of Americans’ location data by wireless carriers, location aggregators […]