Practicing good “operations security” is essential to staying safe online. Here's a complete guide for teenagers (and anyone else) who wants to button up their digital lives.

At New Zealand's Kawaiicon cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO 2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived. Hacker conferences—like all ...

This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-powered age estimation process in order to chat with others on the platform. Will this change reassure parents? By Kevin ...

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...

If Roblox users want to chat on the online gaming platform, they’ll soon have to verify their age by providing a government ID or by letting an artificial intelligence age estimation tool photograph ...

Following a spate of lawsuits and investigations over its child safety systems, Roblox is going to implement mandatory facial verification for all users who want to access communication features, ...

Roblox is to become the first major gaming platform where facial age verification will be mandatory to access any chat features. In 2024, the platform averaged over 80 million players a day, ...

Nov. 18 (UPI) --Minors on Roblox no longer will be permitted to chat with adult strangers on the online children's gaming site part of a wider safety measure expansion. Roblox users now will be ...

Roblox chat will only be available to users whose age is estimated. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Dima Berlin / iStock / Getty / Roblox The gaming platform Roblox will begin using age ...

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Michael Ingram is a Senior Contributor from the United States of America. Michael has been writing for GameRant since 2021 with a previous history of personal analytical writing. Michael is a lifelong ...

Brett Johnson made millions committing identity theft for a living before joining the Secret Service as a consultant. The three rising cyber threats that alarm him most — deepfakes, scam farms, and ...