Software Security for you

As a parent, you want to keep your child safe always. It’s natural to be concerned about internet usage because we’ve all come across content no youngster should see. But that should not hold you back from allowing your child to access the web in a safe and secure way. Some 98% of young people use the internet, and just under half of these use it every day to make friends, play games, download music and do their homework. But, unfortunately, and often times inadvertently, kids are stumbling upon unsuitable internet content. Parents have many questions: How do I stop my child from accessing bad internet sites? What do I do if I find my child is looking at pornographic material? Is the internet good or bad for my child? Some scary facts 1. 42.1% of kids admit they have seen online porn. One in 16 have been exposed to hardcore pornography. 2. One in 12 have exchanged messages with sexual content to other people, while one in 25 have sent graphic photos of themselves.

“I don't believe society understands what happens when everything is available, knowable and recorded by everyone all the time”  -  Google Chairman Eric Schmidt   told  the Wall Street Journal 8-14-10. “We know where you are. We know where you've been. We can more or less know what you're thinking about;” -  Google Chairman Eric Schmidt  10-1-10 per the  Atlantic . Privacy problems with today’s internet:  Your ISP knows everything about your online activity Websites knows you physical location and have data about you. Can trace how often you visit and more You are constantly watched and your data is been recorded “Even if you're not doing anything wrong, you are being watched and recorded”   -  Edward Snowden Online Security Problem: You could land up in phishing website that looks exactly like your bank website or facebook or the one you frequently visit and end-up giving your credentials Identity theft is a serious issue and anyone who doesn’t t

Rooting Android phone using Cyanogenmod (or similar mods) gives your phone pure android experience without any blotted apps. You get features that are not available on default firmware to make it feature rich. It’s built on open source and you can rely on it. What if you could root Wi-Fi router to get new feature set ?  E.g.  TOR based privacy  via Wi-Fi   or  Online Security  or get  Secured and customizable OS on router  - Sounds interesting ? Wi-Fi routers in market are re-programmable. You could install new firmware on it to make it enterprise grade router.    How to root your Wi-Fi router ? If you are a super geek, you could install  OpenWRT  and configure it as you want. OpenWRT is Open Source Linux distribution for Wi-Fi router. Its free for anyone to download and use OpenWRT is customizable and there are packages available that you could download and install on top of it to provide TOR Privacy, Security or more. What’s the catch with it? Problem is that it’s NOT

Gmail recently launched ‘Unsubscribe’ option on Android to let people opt out of eligible mailing lists directly from the Gmail app. It’s perfect for those newsletters you subscribed to a while back but don’t read any more. What if you never subscribed or don’t remember you ever did ?   You might be performing email verification in this case.  Performing ‘Unsubscribe’ in turn sends email to the mailing list. You may be validating your email address and let service know its active. Result  - More marketing offers and more spam.   What you can do? Double check before you unsubscribe If unsure about subscription, better option is to  Report spam  or  Block . Your email address is private - Keep it private!