The tiny Raspberry Pi computer enables kids (and adults) to learn coding and get to know the LINUX operating system. But, is there anything parents should worry about? […]
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Last week was exciting for Apple MAC users: Mac Operating System (MacOS) 11, aka BIG SUR, was released. This is a major, MAJOR upgrade to the basic software that Mac computers use. It brings lots of new features, apps, and improvements. One things parents need to be mindful of is this: Sometimes an operating […] 
CIRCLE HOME PLUS is a combined hardware/software approach to parental controls that builds upon the previous CIRCLE WITH DISNEY product that came out in 2015. This new system improves functionality and addresses compatibility issues that the earlier product had with some routers and gateways. The CIRCLE HOME PLUS system provides the following parental […] 
Controlling what apps your child uses is an important part of modern parenting. For those families where both parents and kids are using Apple mobile devices (iPhone, iPad, & iPod) Apple has provided a feature called “Ask to Buy”! Let us take a look at this very useful feature! Remember: An Apple ID is […] 
In late 2018 TUMBLR made the news by saying that it was going to remove all adult content, including images/videos with nudity or explicit sex, from the entire site. It seems that a significant number of the micro-blogs that TUMBLR facilitated contained adult material and there were no practical methods to restrict access. […] 
NETGEAR + CIRCLE WITH DISNEY is an outstanding suite of parental control tools for parents who want to protect their children online, at home, or on the go! Previously, Knights’ Quest has primarily recommended using OpenDNS and built-in parental controls like Apple’s SCREEN TIME feature. The problems were: Not all devices had adequate, […] Over the past couple of weeks there has been increasing coverage in the media concerning a potential new “suicide game” on the Internet: MOMO. As with most viral threats online, there are a lot of things being reported, including MOMO popping up in YouTube videos and even in the MINECRAFT Game. Momo is even being […] A friend of mine “video called” their daughter, who was at college, via the computer recently. She was surprised when her daughter’s web cam came on without the daughter taking any action! In fact, her daughter didn’t even appear to be home! Scary! Now, consider the 2010 scandal in the Lower Merion School District, near […] There has been multiple reporting over the weekend that the VPNFilter Router malware issue is worse than originally thought. Whereas the original assessment was that VPNFilter enabled the hackers to use infected hardware to launch attacks elsewhere on the Internet, new analyses show that it can also target the end user’s data, even weakening security […] This past weekend the FBI issued a warning about a new malware (MALicious softWARE) called VPNFilter that is infecting routers and which creates the VPNFilter botnet. Here is a link to the FBI news release: https://www.ic3.gov/media/2018/180525.aspx The FBI’s recommendation was for everyone to “reboot” their routers to temporarily disrupt this threat. Well, since […] |
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