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Here you'll find highlights of the latest articles on Internet safety worth reading——laws, products (and potential risks), research, predatory methods, and so on—along with my take on what's important in these stories. If you see something in the news you think I should know about, send it to AskLinda@look-both-ways.com . (Don’t forget to send a link to the source article.)

September 2006 - Posts

Principal sues students over MySpace pictures

22 Sept 2006 Summary Students in San Antonio, Texas are accused of creating a fake Myspace site to spread malicious rumors about their school’s assistant principal. The harassment appears to be in retaliation for disciplinary action she took against the

Posted Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:10 PM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

Filed under Blogging Safety

Spam fighters losing ground

21 Sept 2006 Summary Security analysts who monitor and fight spam are warning that the volume and threat from spam is increasing. According to this article, the percentage of spam traffic in e-mail has edged upward in the last few years and may now be

Posted Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:09 PM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

Filed under E-Mail Safety

Cybercrime becoming more organized

15 Sept 2006 Summary Cyberscams are increasingly being committed by organized-crime syndicates out to profit from sophisticated ruses rather than hackers keen to make an online name for themselves," says Christopher Painter, deputy chief of the computer

Posted Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:08 PM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

Filed under General

Survey: PopCap releases casual game findings

13 Sept 2006 Summary New data by the market research firm, Information Solutions Group, conducted on behalf of game publisher and developer, PopCap Games, provides some interesting highlights about the demographics, gaming habits, and reasons people spend

Posted Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:06 PM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

Filed under Gaming Safety

Facebook adds privacy option after new features draw backlash

8 Sept 2006 Summary The social networking site, Facebook, is adding new privacy options as the result of complaints about two new features—"news feed" and "mini-feed." These features were used to publish changes in friends’ spaces such as adding new friends

Posted Tuesday, September 26, 2006 9:59 PM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

Filed under Blogging Safety

FTC fines Xanga for violating kids' privacy

7 Sept 2006 Summary $1 million penalty against social networking site is largest under 1998 law Xanga.com, a popular social networking site, was fined for allegedly allowing 1.7 million accounts to be created by children who indicated they were under

Posted Tuesday, September 26, 2006 8:57 PM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

Filed under Protecting Kids