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Emma Watson, Emilia Clarke and Harry Styles Instagram accounts HACKED in major social media security breach
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 1.9.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Instagram, privacy, social media, threat
Summary | A few celebrities' Instagram accounts have been hacked because of a bug in the system. The phone numbers and email addresses of celebrities were being sold on the dark web.
Image Description | Portraits of Emma Watson, Emilia Clarke and Harry Styles, charts, and hand on a keyboard.
Image Tags | chart, computer/laptop, female(s), hand(s), male(s)
Sick perverts ask schoolgirls to indecently expose themselves during lessons on live video app
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 25.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | childhood, pornography, privacy, school, smartphone, threat, video communication
Summary | Perverts have asked schoolgirls to expose themselves via live Periscope videos during lessons. While they were using the app, the girls received a lot of sexual comments. Periscope is an app that is also used by businesses and media organisations to stream events and conferences live. Viewers can then comment and ask questions live; those comments are displayed on screen and everyone can see them.
Image Description | Photograph of a student's hands holding a phone under a desk, photograph of an empty classroom,
Image Tags | cell phone, male(s), school
Byte-sized guide for parents on how they can keep their children safe online this summer
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 3.8.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | addiction, childhood, cyberbullying, privacy, research/study, threat
Summary | Parents want their kids to be safe online during the summer. A research shows that 8 to 16-year-old kids will spend about 130 hours on social media during the summer break. The article offers some tips to keep children safe (e.g. privacy and location settings, play together, how to deal with trolls and sexting, get children to play outside).
Image Description | Photograph of a kid holding a tablet of his/her lap, a kid's hand on a lapop, video about the Pokemon Go game, hand holding a smartphone, Minecraft characters, a little boy hiding his face, young woman making a face, two hands holding a smartphone, a child using a tablet.
Image Tags | female(s), game, hand(s), male(s), smartphone, tablet
The secret cyber-life of 10 year olds: Children admit to actively hiding their online activity from parents
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 6.10.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | childhood, privacy, research/study, threat
Summary | About 51% of ten year olds have their own tablet and a 33% own a smartphone. Also, 42% claim they can hide their online activities from their parents. Young children can easily have access to digital devices, and are being exposed to bad language, violence, and pornographic content online.
Image Description | Two photograph of young children (males) looking at a screen, photograph of three young kids (females) using and looking at a tablet,
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), tablet
Mother's horror after sick perverts target her six-year-old daughter through online gaming app for young children
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 26.1.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | childhood, game, pornography, privacy, threat
Summary | Using a popular mobile gaming app (Roblox), perverts have been sending kids explicit and inappropriate messages. They've been trying to lure kids and ask them for their addresses. Jemma Casey is the mother of 6-year old Morgan, who was sent indecent messages. Other children have also been targeted.
Image Description | Photograph of a mom and her daughter, screenshots of inappropriate messages, and photograph of a mom and her son.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), text
Spies could activate iPhone cameras and microphones if FBI forces us, says Apple
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 10.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | privacy, threat
Summary | If the FBI wins the court battle over the unlocking of a terrorist's iPhone, it could lead to abuse. Indeed, the government could keep asking for access to people's phones in order to spy on civilians. Apple refused to let the FBI unlock the iPhone; if they create a special software to unlock iPhones, it could compromise the security of a lot of iPhone users.
Image Description | Photograph of an iPhone and photograph of a man speaking,
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
Google boss on life beyond the smartphone and how the company will pay more tax in the UK
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 1.7.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Google, privacy, smartphone
Summary | The author of the article first describes Google headquarters (objects, atmosphere, workers etc.). She then talks about Sundar Pichai (Google's chief executive). Pichai wants people to see Google as a full-on assistant that can help them accomplish all sorts of tasks. In the future, Pichai wants Google to target homes and cars. The future is also linked to artificial intelligence. They want to work with new techniques that relie on neural networks in order to allow computers to teach themselves. Pichai talks about the future: using AI in medicine, privacy issures, personal assistants, Google search option, Google translate, and other services.
Image Description | Four photographs of Sundar Pichai, Google HQ, man holding Google Home and speaking, driveless car, video about the history of Google
Image Tags | Google, male(s)
Should I befriend my children and their pals online?
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 10.6.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | childhood, privacy, social media, threat, youth
Summary | 80% of children between 11 and 15 years old have a smartphone. They spend a lot of time on social media platforms. Social media have a lot of advantages but they can also lead to social exclusion and embarrassment. According to a study, Instagram and Snapchat are the worst platforms for teenagers and young adults. As a result, some parents want to join the same social media sites and befriend their children so they can keep an eye on them. However, this might not be the right solution. Children and parents have a right to privacy.
Image Description | Photograph of a woman (foreground) and two children on their phone (background), a kid using and looking at a screen,
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone, tablet
Iranian hackers attack Telegram to find 15 million accounts
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 3.8.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | privacy, texting
Summary | Iranian hackers got access to Telegram accounts and got the details of 15 million Iranian users.
Image Description | Telegram logo, photograph of military men running, photograph of two Muslim women taking a selfie, screenshot of a series of tweets
Image Tags | female(s), logo, male(s), selfie, smartphone, Twitter
The rise and rise of international diplomacy by WhatsApp
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 4.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | politics, privacy, texting, WhatsApp
Summary | WhatsApp diplomacy is a thing: when leaders gather to talk in the same room, they can exchange emojis and other documents to other people without the whole room knowing. WhatsApp is more secure than other government information systems and has been used at the UN and EU headquarters.
Image Description | Photograph of a group of diplomats looking at their phone, screenshot of a WhatsApp chat, photograph of a man holding a phone and a woman standing next to him (both are looking at the phone)
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone, text, WhatsApp
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