Children are spending more time online, chatting up strangers and sometimes giving them personal information that could put them in harm’s way. But a new collaboration that enlists a particularly troublesome cartoon feline is looking to teach kids a few things about cybersecurity.
Mobile devices have become the babysitters of the technology age, engaging and distracting kids in equal measure.
“Children are growing up with these things,” said Patrick Craven, Director of the Center for Cyber Safety and Education. “They practically have them in the crib with them and so they don’t see the danger that could be.”
Online strangers that come across as friendly and chatty might seem harmless to a child. But giving them too much information – a home address or the name of the child’s school – or even meeting with them, might invite cyberbullying or worse. For the full article click here
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