Kaspersky's recent study about online dating shows that every 6th user has been doxed while looking for a relationship

07/31/2021 10:17:23 AM

Kaspersky has revealed that almost half of the people in the Asia Pacific region have experienced privacy risks in relation to virtual matchmaking. 

People trusts AI for matchmaking? More than half in APAC thinks so

07/31/2021 02:00:21 PM

Can you imagine people trusting Artificial Intelligence when it comes to dating? More than half of people would do so. That's according to Kaspersky's international study on dating and the impact of technology on relationships in the Asia Pacific (APAC).

The latest in Phishing on Messenger apps as Kaspersky reports for Dec 2020-May 2021

07/29/2021 01:21:27 PM

Phishing in messenger apps has been rampant in recent months. The question, though, is 'what's new about it?'

TikTok, YouTube, WhatsApp are the most-used apps kids used —Kaspersky study

06/12/2021 08:37:03 AM

A recent study by Kaspersky Safe Kids has revealed what children around the world that over the past year 'til present, their interest was about “software, audio and video” and “e-commerce” have grown, while “internet communication media” and “computer games” have decreased by a bit. 

Kaspersky advises internet users following the malicious video tags mishap on social media

04/27/2021 11:48:30 PM

The date of 20 April 2021 has become an alarming one after a large number of social media users reported to have been tagged in malicious videos without their permission and by people whom they do not know. 

Twitter launches #SheInspiresMe campaign for International Women's Month '21

03/06/21 12:27:06 PM

In celebration of the International Women's Month, Twitter will have the #SheInspiresMe campaign from 8-19 March 2021.

SilentFade targets SEA

02/18/2021 05:25:31 PM

Known AdFruaters SilentFade is spreading like a wildfire again, and one of its recent targets is the Southeast Asia region.

Kaspersky warns business about social networking apps being exploited for phishing

10/30/2020 04:09:39 AM

Do your employees aware that they may be vulnerable to cyber fraud through the apps they are using?

Kaspersky tips about the potential warnings of Faceapp craze

06/21/2020 02:33:25 PM

FaceApp has recently made waves on the social media feed, entertaining people of different walks and generations through the hashtag “faceappchallenge” in over Facebook and Instagram. One noticeable issue, however, is the security of the facial recognition app and the risks of sharing this information for privacy reasons have also been raised.

#iHashtagMoYangFacebookMo

7/26/2013 6:56:23 PM

Isa as mga nauusong bagay sa mga social networking site ang tinatawag na hashtag. Nagsimula ito sa Twitter, at naglaon ay nagamit rin sa Tumblr, at Instagram. Ang mga salita na ginagamitan ng hashtag ay ang mga nagsisilbing label o topic. Pwede ring expression.

Kaya naman nakiuso na rin sa hashtag craze ang pinakapremyadong social networking site na Facebook.

Naku, pati pa naman #fb, may #hashtag na rin?

Socio-Political Impact

11:54:04 PM | 5/9/2013 | Thursday

Matindi ba ang impact ng social media pagdating sa 2013 midterm elections? Oo naman.

Sa totoo lang, nagsimula ang ganito mula pa noong 2010 presidential elections, naging venue ng ilang kandidato ang mga social networking websites na tulad ng Facebook at Twitter.

Social Cyber-Warfare

08/21/2012 07:25 PM

Sa totoo lang, nagtataka din ako e. Akala ko ba... isang social networking site ang Twitter, pero bakit tila nagiging isang malaking battlefield ito?

Photo credits: The Hollywood Reporter

Akala ko nga rin eh.

Ang pag-alala kay Friendster.

Bago nauso ang Facebook, may mga social networking sites pa patok na patok nun sa mga internet users. Andyan ang MySpcae, pati na rin ang Multiply, at iba pa; pero ang pinakanumero unong ginagamit ng tao ng mas madalas lalo na dito sa Pilipinas ay ang Friendster.

Halos 1 buong dekada namayagpag sa world wide web ang Friendster bilang isang social networking site. Isa sa mga malalaking porsyento ng mga taong tumatangkilik nito ay ang Pilipino. Hmmm… bakit kanyo? Ewan ko, basta mahilig ang karamihan sa atin na makipagkaibigan e.

Ang tunay na status, kusang nila-LIKE.

Oo nga naman. Sa panahon na nauso ang mga tila bentahan ng post fedbacks tulad ng mga like sa Facebook at favorite sa Twitter, e talagang may mga tao na aasta na parang magbebenta dyan, pero ang binebenta niya – ay ang status niya sa Facebook.

“tol/friend/pre, pa-like naman ng status ko oh. Thanks. J”

Aminin mo, minsan sa buhay mo e nakabasa ka na sa mga chat messages mo ng ganito, kahit hindi sa eksaktong konteskto ng salita. Na minsan e may nagsend sa iyo ng mensaheng iyan. At... alam mko na idedny mo to, ikaw din mismo nakapagsend na ng ganyan sa mga friends mo sa fb.

Well, ganun talaga ang kalakaran sa mag social networking sites. Hindi mo lang binebenta ang sarili mo na base sa kung ano ang nakalagay sa About Me section mo,  pati na rin yung mga bagay na lumalabas sa isip mo na siyempre e natatranslate sa mga post mo, and at least hindi naman sa mahaliparot o mala-putang pamamaraan ha?

Pero may mga bagay kasi na dapat e nasa tamang lugar lang. Magpi-PM ka lang sa isang tropa mo para lang magpalike ng status? Hmmm...

"FIRST" Ka Nga Mag-Comment, Eh Ano Naman Ngayon?

04/04/2012, 06:01 PM

Ito ay isa sa mga pauso ngayon sa mundo ng social networking (minsan pa nga e sa iba pang mga websites) makikita ito sa comment thread ng isang post o di naman kaya’y sa isang artikulong nakalathala sa isang website o di naman kaya’y mga video sa YouTube.

Ang salitang FIRST. Sa dating pa lang, superior na. Paano kasi, una. Mabilis pa sa alas-kwatro. As in, nauna lang siya magkumento. At masaklap nga lang, e yun din lang ang nilalaman ng comment niya.

Online Insecurity (Netizens, Attack! Este, Counter-Attack!)

02/07/2012 | 11:15 A.M.

Isang kabihan nga naman: "Insecurity kills."

Ito... at ito! (Parang script lang yan. Pansinin ang mga litratong nakalakip sa post na ito.) 

Sa lahat yata ng problema sa mundo, mawala man ang korapsyon, krimen, at iba pa… mukhang ito lang yata ang hindi mawawala sa lipunan – ang tahasang panghusga natin sa ating kapwa. At sa panahon na modern na ang lahat ng bagay sa mundo – sa panahon na pangunahing pangangailangan na ng tao ang cellphone, usb, e-mail, Facebook account, at iba pa – mas nagiging high-tech ang ating pamamaraan para pumuna ng kung anu-anong mga bagay kahit hindi naman lahat ay dapat pansinin. (Aba, malamang, yung iba dyan, KSP naman talaga eh) mula sa mga pinotoshop na litrato, sa sadyang mga larawan na naglalahad ng katangahan, sa mga patamang quotes na parang tinype sa powerpoint at sinave na JPEG format… hanggang sa mga screenshots ng mga kumeto sa YouTube na singdami na ng dislikes ang views nito, sa post niya sa Tumblr, tweet nya sa (malamang) Twitter, status sa Facebook, o kahit sa simpleng negatibong remark sa isang artikulo sa Yahoo o kung saan pang mga blogs na yan.

SAYING “NO” TO FACEBOOK CAN BE GOOD TO YOUR HEALTH… SOMETIMES.

SAYING “NO” TO FACEBOOK CAN BE GOOD TO YOUR HEALTH… SOMETIMES.

First things first, pardon me for branding Facebook on the term “social networking.” I just found the term appealing and relevant to it.

Anyway, Facebook has become more popular to the Filipinos since its emergence by 2009. In fact, we are the “social networking capital of the world” ever since the glory days of the social networking pioneer Friendster. And it shows, from the young kicks wanting to meet different people from all sectors of the society; to even kids that are as young as 10 years old (or even younger) will just cheat their age for the sake of securing an e-mail address and sign their own account. Indeed, in the near future, many people would have a philosophy that an online social networking account may be one of a man’s primary requirements and rights. (but come on, “are you serious?”)

Now why are we entitled to such? Well, blame it to our traditions. We are naturally friendly, hospitable at times. We like to make friends and better networks or connections with people.

But what’s wrong on being a sociable person? Honestly, I don’t think there is anything wrong with that, unless if it’s already too much. Liked you’re friends are taking advantage of your kindness for too much, you’ve picked the wrong guy to deal with, or other certain circumstances between parties.

Now I’m not surprised why people who still doesn’t have a Facebook account did not even bother nor consider of having one. But it could be even more surprising if you met an internet savvy for at least once in their lives.

As I observed the people from all the random sectors of the Facebook world, there are things that can be considered why made such choice of being private.

Social Networking Blues

10/16/2011 09:42 PM

Social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Multiply, and even the pioneer ones like Friendster and MySpace had been the primary reason why most of the world's population have been digging the internet. It became more evident, especially nowadays where being online on either computer or computer or via cellular phone was the best thing in communicating.