Safety concerns for children using live streaming app Cake

Canadian Centre for Child Protection - The Canadian Centre for Child Protection, through its Cybertip.ca program, wants to make parents aware of the app Cake – Live Stream Video Chat and its risks for teens after recently learning about the app and its significant volume of sexual content.

MD of Pincher Creek registers interest in Axia internet initiative

Christian Davis

At their February 23 meeting council for the Muncipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9 carried a motion by Councillor Garry Marchuk to register online as an interested party to the "Generation Axia" fibre optic internet initiative currently being pursued by the Town of Pincher Creek.

Social media tips

Agri-News

Thanks to the power of smartphones, people have begun to use social media and the internet to research products they want to buy, services they may need or the entertainment they choose to enjoy.

“Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn are all social media platforms, designed for communicating with others,” says Elaine Stenbraaten, new venture specialist, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Fairview. “Some of these platforms are good for networking with your friends, colleagues and customers and others are great for communicating in business. Facebook is one of the most commonly used social media platforms. It’s an excellent tool for networking and communicating with your customers and can be a great way to communicate your brand.”

Parents need to be aware of sextortionists targeting teens

C. Davis photo

Cybertip.ca

The Canadian Centre for Child Protection is warning parents about an increasing and serious trend involving Canadian youth being extorted for money. In the last few weeks, Cybertip.ca, Canada’s national tipline for reporting the online sexual exploitation of children, has seen a concerning rise in teenagers reporting issues surrounding video communication with adults posing as teenagers. On platforms that allow users to communicate by video, offenders are secretly recording teenagers exposing themselves and then threatening to share the sexual content if they don’t pay money (often hundreds of dollars) to the individual.

Heartbleed Bug hacker charged by RCMP

The RCMP’s National Division Integrated Technological Crime Unit (ITCU) has charged a 19 year old London, Ontario man in relation to the malicious breach of taxpayer data from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) website.

Heartbleed bug prompts temporary shuttering of some Government of Canada websites

President of the Canadian Treasury Board

Earlier this week, an Internet security vulnerability named the Heartbleed bug, caused by a flaw in OpenSSL software was detected. OpenSSL is a commonly used software used on the Internet to provide security and privacy.

Facebook stalking fears: 6 geotagging facts

• A meme gained steam this week about child stalkers’ ability to use GPS-tagged smartphones images posted on social networks. We break down the privacy facts.

Mathew J. Schwartz,  Information Week

Are child poachers planning their next attack using your Facebook feed?

That’s the breathless smartphone privacy risk warning sounded by NBC affiliate KSHB-TV in Kansas City, Mo., which highlighted how “smartphone picture uploads can reveal the location of your children’s home, school, and play areas.” While that NBC segment aired in 2010, the video went viral this week, as a meme about how child stalkers might be using Facebook to track kids again picked up steam.

Just what are the privacy implications of using smartphones to take pictures, and sharing those pictures via social networks or other sites? Here are six related privacy facts and tips: