A new study reveals that one of the biggest threats to children’s online privacy could be parents. Researchers from New York University (NYU) Polytechnic School of Engineering and NYU Shanghai will release a paper demonstrating that parents’ online behavior can compromise their children’s privacy, particularly through posting photos of their children on social media. By analyzing such publicly available photos with public records, including voter registrations, the researchers found personal information about children, including their names, birthdays and home addresses. “By demonstrating just how much information can be gained about a child through adults' online activities, we hope to spur parents to take precautions to minimize their children's exposure online,” said Kevin Liu, one of the researchers.
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