Articles about CyberSafety
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New Parental Controls on iOS Devices (iOS 12, Sept. 2018)

• iOS 12 introduces new features to reduce interruptions and manage Screen Time
• Screen Time for iPhone and iPad in iOS 12: Everything you need to know! - iMore
  

​Parental Controls on Youtube, Windows, Chrome, Android

• Microsoft adds more parental controls to monitor app and device use - Engadget
• ​​Best Free Parental Control Software 2018
• How to Use Android Parental Controls - Tech Advisor
• Best Parental-Control Apps 2018
• ​Setting Parental Controls on YouTube - both in the App and in Safari  ​ 
• Google is shutting down Chrome’s parental control features, replacement to launch later this year – TechCrunch

Apps and App Features

• ​Some answers to questions from parents about Clash of Clans, Minecraft, Youtube, Netflix and other apps that kids use
• ​Parents - check your kids' devices for these dangerous app
• Is your child using this app? Frighteningly, it is a new favourite with tweens  ​
• The 'blacklist' of apps that are dangerous to kids.  Parents, check your children's devices!
• Can predators get to your kids through the games on their devices?
• An important warning about a new Snapchat feature that could put your child in danger
• Setting up Parental Controls using your home Router

Parenting and technology

• ​The impact of the dangerous online world on the mind of a young child
• Office of the e-Safety Commisioner - Computers tablets and smartphones
• 10 smartphone rules for a 12-year-old - with one key rule missing!
• Worried about your young teen's online safety?  Here's a book they (and you) MUST read.  
• All power to the mother!  How I took control of our internet. 

Predators / Online Grooming

• Child Grooming & Abduction – A True Story

Security

• Something to consider if your kids know your iPad or iPhone passcode
• ​What is it with kids and their resistance to backing up their data?! 
• A timely warning for students (and the rest of us!)​

Setting up your child's i-Device

• Why parental controls did not stop inappropriate content on my child's iPad.  Beware!
• Restricting what websites kids can see on i-Devices
• Make sure 'Airdrop' is secured on your iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Mac

Social Media

• Teens are breaking up with Facebook faster than we thought - Mashable
  
• Cybersafety On Social Networks ​
• If you spend more than 15 minutes on Facebook.. must watch this video

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