If you have a technology solution that can be used to address child Internet safety you should check out the call for review entries the Berkman Center announced last week to present to the Technical Advisory Board Committee, which is a sub-committee of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force. The Technical Advisory Board members […]
One of the great things about CardSpace and the work the Information Card Foundation will be doing is developing how managed cards are going to work in commerce. A good use case is to show an age verified card for situations where you only need to show proof of age — thus limiting the […]
I stumbled on an interesting article today about data privacy, or really the lack thereof, for registered sex offenders in Oklahoma (and ultimately the State’s government employees as well). It seems that anyone on this list, or any other offender list in OK, has had their SSN numbers exposed on the Internet for the past […]
Zach Martin, editor of CR80 News recently published an article about the identity and age verification issues we are facing in social networks. You definitely should check it out but in case you don’t have time here are some important highlights:
When trying to get into a bar or club there is typically someone at […]
We had the kick-off meeting for the Internet Safety Technical Task Force this week. As I expected, there are a lot of differing opinions of the committee members. It should be an interesting year to watch how things progress.
I believe the key to progress is being able to listen and keeping an open mind. Which […]
It’s official! The Task Force to focus on identifying effective online safety tools and technologies, including age and identity verification has been created and was announced today. If you recall, this Task Force was an important element in the MySpace and Attorneys General Multi-State Working Group announced last month.
The Task Force is being led […]
Today’s press release out of North Carolina Attorney General’s Office Roy Cooper is a big deal. Here’s the first paragraph:
In a victory for social networking safety, Attorney General Roy Cooper and 49 other attorneys general today announced that MySpace has agreed to significant steps to better protect children on its web site, including creating […]
Come January 20, the Aussie’s will be following new government mandates for Internet content which require age verification for mature and adult-oriented material.
Admittedly I’m not completely up to speed on the issues in Australia but this article says that:
“Australia has long carried a reputation for having one of the most restrictive censorship protocols in the […]
What image comes to your mind when you think about identity thieves?
I would guess it isn’t this couple:
Yet these young 20 something’s are suspected of crimes including ID Theft and forgery. You can read about it here and here.
This story just goes to show that it isn’t only faceless criminals hiding behind computer […]
Barely giving us time for the turkey to digest, some stores are advertising that they will open their doors at 4:00 a.m. this Friday to kick off the official start of the holiday shopping season. And some online retailers have already gotten a jump start and are offering deals starting today. Check out […]
