Loot Boxes – The Devil makes work for idle hands

Loot boxes are the perfect argument. One side says there are voracious money-grabbing, gambling-inducing, soulless money bots and should not be let near children ever. The other side says they are harmless and nice little addition to a gamer's enjoyment of Minecraft, ROBLOX etc.

TikTok & Instagram move to improve safety for kids and prevent laws requiring them to do so.

Instagram and TikTok smell the coffee. Change is coming, legislation, regulation and user registration. Fewer users, content moderation and lower profitability.

Online Safety Rules, Guidelines for the 5 – 8 year olds in your life

What you as parents say and do now will set the tone in your home for how kids will use their devices and behave online and on devices. It's not a democracy, it's your home. Tips and tricks of the trade to make sure your kids win online.

Is Safer Internet Day a waste of time. Yes, Here is Why

Safer internet day is out of date, and #SID doesn't work. Online safety has expanded into separate themes. Social media, gaming, phone addiction, bullying and sexting need to be tackled separately because they are all different. Different strokes for different folks.

Good Online Safety Parenting for Ages 8 -11 years of age

Here is some advice for managing kids aged 8- 11 online. Apps, phones, online gaming, how much time a day is good, social media and how to set up correct privacy settings. Friends not followers and beating device addiction. Building better online habits

Kids are safer gaming on Minecraft with VPN

Kids playing online games need protection, games require an IP address to admit you to play including Kids. A VPN will provide a different, potentially faster IP address making the game provider. Safe, sensible and speedy. Avoid a DDoS attack as well.

Keeping YouTube Safe for Kids in 2022

YouTube is the 2nd most popular site on the internet. Here's an updated 2022 review on keeping your kids safe on YouTube, including a Restricted Mode and YouTube for kids. Is kid's YouTube safe at all. Do Google even care?

What is sexting?

If you, or some you love, has been involved in a sexting incident. What can you do? Sexting is a crime with serious consequences for everybody involved. Here's what we know and what we can do for you. This article is for schools, parents, businesses.

I got VPN for my gamer, will my parental control still work?

One question we get asked a lot is will VPN still work with my parental control? Here is why it works and why it is a great idea for your family's online protection, especially gamers on Fortnite, ROBLOX and Minecraft. I

UK Sexting skyrockets amongst under 16’s on Smartphones over last 2 years

UK Labour party want to make PHSE course's mandatory for all over the age of 11. The current courses have not been updated since 2000 some 7 years before the launch of the iPhone. Labour’s shadow Education Eecretary Lucy Powell promises to act as soon Labour is returned to Government and is urging the current Government to act long beforehand. OFSTED regards most of the current teaching and guidance as 'not good' and some of it woefully outdated. BeSecureOnline.co.uk explains.

Antivirus software, What is anti virus software?

Anti-virus software programs help prevent, search for, detect and remove software viruses and malicious software like Malware, Trojans, Adware, and more.

F Secure SAFE Awards and Reviews – Internet Security Ireland & UK

Award-winning internet security for your for all of your devices. For PCs, Macs, Mobile phones and Tablets. Established 1989 F-Secure SAFE sells in the millions every year. Beautifully designed and easy to use it wins awards every year.

Social Network Safety Centres and help section links

As online protection and internet security provider BeSecureOnline thought that it would be a great idea to list some of the biggest sites on the internet and their safety links and community guidelines.

BeSecureOnline on South East Radio

Look, we’re all familiar with having security products on PCs and laptops. It might not be automatically something that people will think about that look, I have to protect my smartphone and then of course moving on to the smart TV. Do I need security for that as well?

A Comprehensive Review and Ranking of Privacy and Safety Information of Google

Welcome to the seventh instalment of our new series of blog posts from BeSecureOnline. In this instalment, we comprehensively review the user safety information provided by social networking sites.

Today we turn our attention to Google.

Review of Safety Information of Tinder – Internet Safety Series

Welcome to the first in a new series of blog posts here on BeSecureOnline. In this series we take a comprehensive review of the user safety information provided by social networking sites. In this first instalment of the series we turn our attention to Tinder.

Review of Safety Information in Snapchat – Internet Safety Series

Welcome to the second in a new series of blog posts here on BeSecureOnline. In this series we take a comprehensive review of the user safety information provided by social networking sites. In this second instalment of the series we turn our attention to Snapchat.

Review of Safety Information in Twitter – Internet Safety Series

In this series we take a comprehensive review of the user safety information provided by social networking sites.

In this third instalment of the series we turn our attention to Twitter.

Review of Safety Information in Instagram – Internet Safety Series

In this series we take a comprehensive review of the user safety information provided by social networking sites. In this instalment of the series we turn our attention to Instagram.

Safe Shopping and Internet Banking with F-Secure Security Software

With F-Secure SAFE you can explore the Internet, and handle your online shopping and banking without worries.

Parental Control Software – Internet Safety for Kids and Teens

Protect your entire family with F-Secure SAFE - Internet safety for kids and teens.

You can take control of what your family and others see online when browsing to make sure people get the best from the internet. And control when and for long people use the internet. Research shows teenage boys can spending 8 hours a day online - time to take control.

Find my Phone with F-Secure – Device Security and Internet Safety

Lost your device? Find your Android and iOS devices and manage them remotely through My F-Secure.

Review of Safety Information in Facebook – Internet Safety Series

In this series we take a comprehensive review of the user safety information provided by social networking sites. In this fifth installment of the series we turn our attention to Facebook.

Review of Safety Information in YouTube – Internet Safety Series

In this series we take a comprehensive review of the user safety information provided by social networking sites. In the sixth installment of our series we turn our attention to YouTube.

Review of Safety Information in Plenty Of Fish (POF) – Internet Safety Series

In this series we take a comprehensive review of the user safety information provided by social networking sites. In this installment of our series we turn our attention to Plenty Of Fish (POF)