Toni Birdsong
Author, McAfee Consumer
Toni Birdsong began her career as a reporter in Los Angeles and later became a writer for Walt Disney Imagineering. Her passion for digital safety started 10 years ago as a way to gain the survival skills she needed to parent her own connected teenagers. Her goal with each post is to give busy parents the insight they need raise wiser, more compassionate digital kids. When she’s not writing (her first love), you can find Toni hiking, watching TikTok, or trying not to break an important body part at CrossFit.
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Family Safety
7 Common Digital Behaviors that Put Your Family’s Privacy at Risk
Could you inadvertently be putting out the welcome mat for cybercriminals each day? Here are just a...Nov 12, 2021 | 4 MIN READ
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Teen Slang and Texting Acronyms Parents Should Know
Does the slang your kids use online and with friends have you baffled? You aren’t alone. Here’s...Nov 06, 2021 | 6 MIN READ
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Are You Still on the Fence About a Family VPN?
With so many devices under one roof and family members on the go, a VPN can be...Sep 27, 2021 | 4 MIN READ
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How to Help Seniors Spot Online Job Scams
Cybercriminals are working overtime to lure older job seekers into hiring scams in a pandemic job market....Sep 16, 2021 | 4 MIN READ
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Can Your Wearable Health Monitors Be Compromised?
Wearable devices empower senior adults, giving them more independence over their health and physical safety. But how...Aug 23, 2021 | 4 MIN READ
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Back-to-School: Privacy Worries in a Remote Learning World
If your child is among the back-to-school student population that will continue remote learning, that choice could...Aug 16, 2021 | 4 MIN READ
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9 Tips to Help Kids Avoid Popular App Scams
New and sophisticated app scams are on the rise. Here’s how to recognize an app scam and...Jul 26, 2021 | 4 MIN READ
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Potentially Malicious Apps Your Kids May Use
There are a few non-mainstream apps that kids use that may not be on your radar but...May 31, 2021 | 5 MIN READ
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At Home or On-the-Go: Boost Your Internet Safety this Summer
Summer is the perfect time to start re-establishing healthy digital habits for gamer security, app security, and...May 24, 2021 | 4 MIN READ
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Is the Clubhouse App a Safe Place for Kids to Hangout?
Is the Clubhouse App a Safe Place for Kids to Hangout? Most of us have fond summer...Mar 31, 2021 | 4 MIN READ
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TikTok Update: Dangerous Viral Challenges & Age Restrictions
Tiktok is an incredibly popular social media platform for users to post short videos of themselves. It’s popular. It’s uplifting....Mar 15, 2021 | 5 MIN READ
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6 Steps to Help Your Family Restore Digital Balance in Stressful Times
Over the past year of remote life, technology has become both a lifeline and a life sucker. We’ve witnessed technology...Feb 27, 2021 | 5 MIN READ