Tag: Avast
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Talk To Kids About Removing Photos
Avast Blog – 11.2.20 (10.29.20) Today’s kids are growing up with not only their friends and siblings posting pictures of them, but sometimes years and years of photos that their parents posted before they had a say in the matter. As a result, it’s pretty common for a kid to ask someone to take down…
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Block YouTube On School Devices
Avast Blog – 10.26.20 As a parent of young kids, I was resigned to the eventuality of YouTube in my children’s lives. When my child started watching sports and nature videos, it all seemed pretty innocuous. Then, during the first lockdown of the Covid-19 pandemic in March, my kids discovered Minecraft gaming videos — and…
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Digital Independence For Kids
Avast Blog – 10.21.20 (10.16.20) No parent loves monitoring their kid’s every move online — but it’s a necessary evil, kind of like driving underage kids around to all of their activities. You just have to do it until they’re a certain age. Source: Digital Independence For Kids
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Keep Your PlayStation Secure
Avast Blog – 10.5.20 (10.1.20) As Covid-19 has forced many of us to stay home more than usual, an increasing number has started looking for in-house entertainment. Putting it simply, people are gaming — a lot. Source: Keep Your PlayStation Secure
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When Not To Accept Cookies
Avast Blog – 10.1.20 (9.28.20) Nearly any website you visit asks you to accept cookies, and most of us don’t even think about this choice — we just click “yes” to rid ourselves from the pain of the pop-up. But what are we really agreeing to? What is a cookie, anyway? Source: When Not To Accept…
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Introducing Smart Life For 5G
Avast Blog – 9.29.20 (9.24.20) Earlier this week, we announced the launch of Avast Smart Life for 5G, its first smart home security solution for 5G, delivered as a virtualized network function (VNF). Avast Smart Life for 5G enables operators to protect their subscribers’ smart home and all connected devices at the virtual router level,…
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iOS 14 Brings Privacy Protections
Avast Blog – 9.17.20 When Tim Cook and the team at Apple gave the world its first look at iOS 14 at WWDC in June, privacy was at the heart of the announcement. Apple iOS 14 has now been released, and with it come a number of notable privacy features. Source: iOS 14 Brings Privacy…
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AVAST SmartLife for Network Operators
AVAST YouTube Channel – 9.12.20 (9.4.20) Avast SmartLife allows you to protect your home network and your family at home and on the go from cyberthreats. Source: AVAST SmartLife for Network Operators
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Securing Your Home Network For Distance Learning | Avast
Avast Blog – 8.24.20 Up until now, the home was for family dinners, movie nights, and the occasional online shopping spree. With the current pandemic, this has all changed, and none of us are entirely ready for it. Over the last few weeks especially, households across the country have been on the edge of their…
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How To Avoid Fake News
Avast Blog – 8.17.20 “Fake news” is a term that has taken off in recent years, most infamously during the 2016 US presidential election. Biased news and sensationalism disguised as journalism has been around for a long time, but has been amplified through the internet and social media. There’s so much information today that it’s…