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Everyday we all read and hear stories about people who have done serious damage to themselves, to their future, or to others online. It’s almost impossible to keep track of these daily horror stories.

This avalanche of negative press we see, are the result of people doing what people have always done, except now it’s being done in front of the entire digital world.

Here at the Institute for Internet Safety, we are working tirelessly to help you safeguard and enhance your online identity.

The Institute for Internet Safety: Catching Mistakes Before Mistakes Catch You!

Online Privacy Daily News Feed

Imagine proving something without showing any evidence — that’s the promise behind zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs), a cryptographic breakthrough now gaining traction in the blockchain world. ZKPs are ...
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Teach children why protecting personal information online matters and how to manage privacy settings for safer browsing and social media use.
Los Angeles-headquartered MapQuest has announced the release of Private Maps by MapQuest – the first app fromaleading mapping brand specifically designed to protect users’ privacy.
How to remove yourself from Google results and any other websites  Boy Genius Report
Protect Your Privacy Online: A Simple Guide to Fake Address Generators  ThePrint
PDFgear Launches its World-First Local Processing Online PDF Tools for Superior Privacy and Speed  Tahlequah Daily Press
A few simple tweaks to your browser can reduce the amount of personal information you give up to advertisers and other tech companies. Here's what to change in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari.
Keeping your online activity more private can help mitigate some threats such as certain hacks or cyberattacks, but a VPN by itself will not provide complete protection against malware or viruses.
Ultimately, privacy isn't something we can get by installing a particular browser—it's more of a mindset, and it includes strategies that come with compromises to our convenience. Tor, Brave, and ...

Featured News Stories

At Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Me., admissions officers are still talking about the high school senior who attended a campus information session last year for prospective students. Throughout...
It's junior year and Ellie Likos is ready to start the college process. The first step: changing her name on Facebook. Since the explosion of social media just a few years ago, colleges across...
Facebook Will No Longer Protect Teens From Their Own Bad Judgment - Forbes
On Wednesday, Facebook announced a present for its teen users: the gift of greater publicity. Moving forward, Facebook’s many under-18 users will be able to kick their privacy to the curb just as...
Opinion Should parents be criminally liable for kids' cyberbullying - CNN.com
Two girls in Florida, 14 and 12, have been arrested and charged with aggravated stalking -- cyberbullying. They allegedly tormented a 12-year-old girl named Rebecca so relentlessly that last month...
The selfie syndrome Why teens use social media for validation and how parents can counteract it - TODAY.com
Young celebrities do it. So why are we surprised when a typical teen Instagram post goes something like this: Teen (girl or boy) posts a cool/pretty/pouty selfie. What follows is a watch to see how...
They share, like, everything. How they feel about a song, their maths homework, life (it sucks). Where they'll be next; who they're with now. Photos, of themselves and others, doing stuff they quite...