NetSafe’s Lee Chisholm is interviewed about cyberbullying: taking away the technology is the worst thing we can do if we want to keep our kids safe.

A recent US study has found that 45% of employers research social networking sites for information on prospective employees. Of them, 35% have rejected applicants based on content on a person’s sn page. For those who are concerned about the amount of information available an interesting article to read (and one which gives detailed information [...]

Photos, fingerprints, iris scans: e-passports Secure or risky? At the breakfast meeting of the NZISF (Information Security Forum) http://www.security.org.nz/NZISF_breakfast_meetings/ Ajit Narayanan from AUT presented “What does your passport say about you?” Border controls are moving towards biometric measurements to enable verification of individuals (not just identification), ease and speed of passage and therefore increased efficiency. [...]

I would have thought that there has been enough reporting and education about scams and social engineering for people to be able to resist them, however that appears not to be the case.

Vodafone launched a new service to assist people access their call centre if they don’t hve $1 credit, aimed at text harassment and bullying issues.