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Last Monday’s episode of Media Watch on ABC TV highlighted the heartbreak that can stem from a lack of understanding the issues involved in protecting your digital identity.  The woman at the centre of this tragedy had shared photos of her twins, taken at happier moments, with family and friends via Facebook.  Unfortunately, as she had not [...]

Last week I had the opportunity of attending an internet safety session conducted by Greg Gebhert the NetAlert ambassador.  Greg’s message has evolved over the years and is now focussing on the material students are putting up on sites such as YouTube and their MySpace and Facebook accounts.  He says that he’s finding, the teenage [...]

Still on the topic of net-safety, the proliferation of videos on YouTube, MySapce etc and the realisation of the potential they have to damage a person’s career before it’s even started.  This has given rise to sites such as Tubes which offers itself as an enclosed tool with a synchronisation feature so you can stay private and [...]