COPPA Compliance

Interesting research: "’Won’t Somebody Think of the Children?’ Examining COPPA Compliance at Scale": Abstract: We present a scalable dynamic analysis framework that allows for the automatic evaluation of the privacy behaviors of Android apps. We use our system to analyze mobile apps’ compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), one of the few stringent privacy laws in the… Continue reading COPPA Compliance

The Lichtspiel: Not A Simple Child’s Toy.

For his niece’s second birthday, [Stefan] wondered what a toddler would enjoy the most? As it turns out, a box packed with lights, dials and other gadgets to engage and entertain.

For little Alma’s enjoyment, three potentionmeters control a central LED, a row of buttons toggle a paired row of more lights, a rotary encoder to scroll the light pattern of said row left and right, and some sockets to plug a cable into for further lighting effects. Quite a lot to handle, so [Stefan] whipped up a prototype using an Arduino — although he went with an ATmega 328 …read more

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A Jukebox For The 21st-Century Kit Blends Raspberry Pi, Sonos, QR Codes

When [Chris Campbell]’s children wanted to play an album in the background over dinner, switching the outputs on his family’s Sonos sound system was perhaps too involved for their budding mastery of technology. This got him thinking about using kid-friendly inputs so they could explore his music collection. Blending QR codes, some LEGO, and a bit of arts and crafts, a kid-friendly QR code reader media controller comes out!

Working with a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and a cheap camera, [Campbell] whipped up some code to handle producing and reading the QR codes — though he’s running the media …read more

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School Principal Gets 9 Years in Prison for Trading Nude Pictures of Students

By Carolina
An ex-Kentucky high school principal Stephen Kyle Goodlett has been
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Ep. 102 – Penning the Future with JJ Green

I don’t think any of you will be shocked when i say this world is increasingly more insecure. From our online persona to our physical security – everything is in danger. This month JJ Green tackles that topic with us. Feb 12, 2018 Contents … Continue reading Ep. 102 – Penning the Future with JJ Green

Ban Facebook Messenger for Kids, urge children’s health advocates

A coalition of 97 advocates cites Facebook’s numerous missteps, including research into targeting kids as young as 14 who feel “worthless.” Continue reading Ban Facebook Messenger for Kids, urge children’s health advocates