There are a number of baby monitoring systems out there, but many of them have a matching hand-held viewing device or only allow for viewing on a home PC that’s on the same network as the camera. Many of these …
Continue ReadingLinkedIn has experienced a significant data breach with a loss of as many as 6.5 million hashed (encrypted) passwords, 300,000 of which have been decrypted and posed online. Was yours among them?
Continue ReadingBack in January 2011, I wrote in big red letters on one of the white boards in my office GET THESE DONE! It was the header of a list of issues and desires I had for my home, my work, my …
Continue ReadingIt’s a good list… and I’ve been looking for a system that could do these things easily and without a lot of troublesome configuration issues. Many homebrew systems are just too much trouble and often require some coding background or …
Continue ReadingI never had a security blanket or binky or precious stuffed animal growing up, and I often wondered if I was missing something special. I had books, to which I had a similar devotion, but I had no single object as my constant companion. Unless you count my backpack. Until adulthood, I can’t remember a […]
Continue ReadingHilary DeCesare made a career out of helping executives put strategic frameworks around their products and services. It wasn’t until her three children entered the tweens, though, that she realized how under-served that population is when it comes to social …
Continue ReadingGot a kid taking the SAT or AP exams? It’s time to have a little talk about how to avoid phishing schemes–their email addresses may have been lost to spammers last week. Epsilon, one of the world’s largest such companies, had their databases breached. You may have noticed something was up this weekend when you […]
Continue ReadingOk, so I’m being totally shameless and using my own photo as the Picture of the Day, but I just had to share. My seven-year-old daughter got out her little watercolor paints and went upstairs and worked for quite a …
Continue ReadingWe all likely have lots of them — or at least lots of places that want them: usernames and passwords. Our kids are no exception. To comment on this post, you’ll need a username and password specific to wired.com. To …
Continue ReadingHey, remember a few weeks ago, when we were safe enough on airplanes after everyone just had to go through a metal detector? Remember when the government didn’t require that we surrender our Fourth Amendment rights in order to get …
Continue ReadingIt seems to be the common conception that young Americans don’t value their privacy, and information about themselves, in the same way or as much as older Americans do. However, as I’ve noted before on this very blog, the studies …
Continue ReadingWhile some ponder what will come after the Age of Social Networks, the current question of how to introduce kids to online social practice is a growing concern both for parents and developers. For parents, the debate begins with how …
Continue ReadingDisclaimer: my wife, who is a high school teacher, came up with the idea for this article. As a fairly geeky person herself, my wife is often saddled with technology projects. Currently she is the Lead Teacher for the Information …
Continue ReadingKeeping the kids safe on the internet is big business. Whether you select a service, locally installed software or hardware options – you’ve got several choices in each category. A few weeks ago I received a NetBlox hardware device for …
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