Scott Ikeda reports: In response to the school closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic last year, the government of Singapore is rolling out an initiative that aims to ensure all secondary school students in the country have a computer for home learning. However, these student computers will come packed with a potentially unwelcome addition: a…
Category: Youth & Schools
Could your baby monitor be unsafe and unsecured?
I’d ask, “Why is this STILL happening?” but I think we all know the answers to that, and Jim Wilson of Safety Detectives actually addresses that in his article. The SafetyDetectives cybersecurity team has discovered a vulnerability affecting baby monitors, provoked by their misapplication/misconfiguration, which provides potentially harmful parties with unauthorized access to each camera’s video stream….
PH: National Privacy Commission publishes guidelines related to virtual learning
There were two announcements from the NPC yesterday. Privacy Commission’s updated online learning guidelines advise schools to enforce social media policy Schools engaged in online learning are advised to strictly enforce a social media policy that reminds the possible data privacy consequences of posting screen captures, images, videos, chats, and sounds involving students and teachers…
NJ school official responds to virtual learning complaints by shaming parent
Lucas Manfredi reports: Following repeated virtual learning complaints from a New Jersey parent, a school official fired back with an email shaming that mom. “We know that parents and students are not following the same CDC guidelines that you continue to share with us that detail the importance of social distancing and mask wearing,” assistant superintendent of Middlesex…