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Google Launches Good to Know Campaign for Web Safety
Jan 17th
Google has launched a consumer education campaign called Good to Know, which is designed to teach new users of high tech about safety, security and data management online. It’s a walk-through with four sections: Stay safe online, Your data on the web, Your data on Google and Manage your data. Each section contains an organized brochure of topics with some instructional diagrams and videos.
Google calls Good to Know its “biggest-ever consumer education campaign.” It began with ad campaigns in the U.K. and Germany last fall. The ads highlight security tips like using Google’s 2-step verification and checking websites for secure HTTPS connections. The campaign will now be extended to the U.S. with print and Web ads, as well as display ads in New York and Washington D.C. subway stations.
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The campaign supports Google’s existing resources, such as the Google Security Center, the Family Safety Center and Teach Parents Tech. By dedicating one chapter of the Good to Know website to Google’s services, the rest of the document serves as a good general guide to using the whole Web responsibly.
These resources are available at google.com/goodtoknow
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Mobile Electronics Business in Denver, CO, Uses SEO Firm to Promote Safety Devices – PR.com (press release)
Dec 16th
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Mobile Electronics Business in Denver, CO, Uses SEO Firm to Promote Safety Devices
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Google Promotes Online Safety With ‘Good to Know’ Campaign
Oct 17th
Google is about to launch its first online safety campaign. Teaming with the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB), Google will promote “safe computer usage” for users: by logging out of computers when they’re finished using them, specialized c…
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Google Launches Online Safety Campaign With Citizens Advice Bureau by @rustybrick
Oct 17th
Google teams up with Citizens Advice Bureau via The Telegraph reports Google is running their first non-Google specific campaign in the UK to promote awareness for online safety.
The campaign is named “Good To Know” and leads to google.co.uk/goodtoknow where users can learn more about online…
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New Google Chrome Ups the Ante on Visuals, Safety, & Privacy
May 9th
With a standard six week release cycle, it’s hardly big news when Google Chrome releases a new beta version. However, this time around is different, if only in the sheer magnitude of Chrome’s upcoming changes. While new releases often include a generalized “things are faster and niftier” descriptor, this particular update will be adding a number of new features that improves the visual elements of browsing, and the safety and privacy of browsers.
Here’s a brief rundown of the upgrades found in the upcoming version of Chrome:
- Chrome has provided full support for 3D CSS hardware acceleration.
- Chrome has added an additional layer to the “Safe Browsing” mechanism (introduced in Chrome by default in the last release cycle, and present as its own service for well longer). Users will now be warned against malicious downloads through the Google Safe Browsing algorithm. Google assures Chrome users that Chrome will be doing this without tracking what sites you visit or what files you’re downloading.
- Chrome now allows you to delete information stored locally on your computer. Specifically, all items stored in LSOs, the flash medium that communicates your history and data with websites, can now be deleted directly through Chrome. Previously, users had to go to the Adobe Flash website to have this information deleted.
- Chrome has added improved screen reader support for the visually impaired, especially for the JAWS, VoiceOver, and NVDA readers.
- Chrome has eliminated Google Gears, since almost all of what Gears did in the past can now be done using HTML5 instead. “We hope that Google Gears rests in peace,” states Vangelis Kokkevis, Software Engineer on the Google Chrome team.
These are some hefty changes, but there’s always more in the works for the Chrome team. What changes are you hoping for in future iterations?
[via the Google Chrome Blog]
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Facebook Launches New Safety and Security Tools
Apr 19th
Today, Facebook announced the launch of several new tools aimed at making the social network a safer and more secure experience for everyone involved. Some of the tools, like the redesigned Family Safety Center and social reporting buttons, are designed to combat the ongoing issue of cyberbullying, which primarily affects the younger Facebook population. Meanwhile, other new tools will be helpful to everyone, like the option to enable an advanced security feature called Two Factor Authentication and the improvements to HTTPS.
All of the new features are available now, says Facebook.
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Updated Family Safety Center
The newly redesigned Family Safety Center was announced in March during President Obama’s White House Conference on Bullying Prevention. Originally called just “Safety Center” when launched in April 2010, this online portal offers educational information for users, with sections dedicated to parents, teens, teachers and law enforcement professionals. The new site sports a fresh look, with easy to navigate topics, helpful videos, how-to sections, and links to related Facebook pages. The Center even links to relevant news articles off-site for additional information. For example, the Facebook Safety Tools page provides links recommended articles from The Washington Post, CNET, Huffington Post and others.
Facebook also says a free, downloadable guide for teachers, written by safety experts Linda Fogg Phillips, B.J. Fogg and Derek Barid will be available in the coming weeks.
Social Reporting Tool Expanded to Rest of Site
Also new today is the expansion of Facebook’s social reporting tool to more sections of the network, including Profiles, Pages and Groups. Introduced in March of this year as a way for users to report photos they don’t like, the same “report” link will now be found elsewhere on the network.
Anyone can take advantage of the tool to report images, or, now, other content, that contains hate speech, violence, illegal activity, pornography, spam or scam content or personal attacks. However, the tool was pitched more as a way for younger Facebook users to get help from friends and other trusted adults.
“Safety and child psychology experts tell us that online issues are frequently a reflection of what is happening offline,” explained a company blog post from March. “By encouraging people to seek help from friends, we hope that many of these situations can be resolved face to face.” That same message was reiterated again today.
The tool not only allows users to report offensive content to Facebook itself, it also directs users how to get help through “What You Can Do” screens, that offer suggestions on how to deal with their harasser, like “Send a message,” “Remove as friend,” or “Block.” Users can also check a box that lets them get help from a trusted friend, which can be anyone else they want to forward the message to. This option requires the entry of an email address, which would allow users to forward the information to people they aren’t friends with on Facebook, like adults, parents or teachers, for example.
Two Factor Authentication and Improved HTTPS
The last set of new launches today involve tools that provide Facebook users with additional security features. An optional Two Factor Authentication setting will begin rolling out now, allowing users to have the option of entering a code anytime they log into Facebook from a new device. This code is entered in addition to the account password, adding an extra layer of protection.
Facebook has also improved its HTTPS feature, which allows users to access to Facebook over a secure connection, so that the feature will switch back on after a user visits a non-HTTPS Facebook application. Many in the security community would like to see HTTPS made the default, of course, but there appears to still be issues with Facebook applications adopting the feature. This update provides a workaround for that problem by allowing users to play Facebook games and use Facebook apps via non-HTTPS connections, then returning to the secure connection when finished.
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