by Larry Magid OK, I’m going to say it — mobile phone apps are scary. Sure, they do a lot of very cool things, but when it comes to violating personal privacy, [...]

The recent revelations that some iPhone and Android apps are uploading and storing users’ phone address books without permission is very troubling. It not only violates the [...]

One of my talks at Russia’s Safer Internet Day conference, focusing on the role of filters in protecting children: Filters and monitoring: Panacea or band-aid View more [...]

This post appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on February 13, 2012 by Larry Magid I’m writing from Moscow, where I spoke at Russia’s Safer Internet Day conference [...]

A lot has been written about “Facebook addiction.” Indeed some press coverage of a recent study from the University of Chicago suggests that “Facebook and Twitter [...]

Everyone has a story to tell about safe and respectful use of technology, and those who tell it via video could win a $10,000 prize from Internet security company Trend [...]

Talk by Larry Magid, co-director of ConnectSafely.org at Russia’s Safer Internet Day – Moscow, February 6, 2012 It is a great pleasure to be here.  Even though I grew up [...]

This is one of Larry Magid’s panel presentations at Russia’s Safer Internet Day conference in Moscow on February 6th.  He also gave a plenary talk earlier in the [...]

Pseudoscience sculpture by Mihail Chemiakin (Photo by Larry Magid) There’s an amazing group of sculptures in a park near the Kremlin in Moscow, called “Children [...]