Digital parenting

04/11/2025 26 min

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Episode Synopsis

We look at a particular use of tech in family life - using trackers to know where your children are, or your partner, or other relatives. What are the safety and privacy issues ?Also on Tech Life: Shiona McCallum speaks to the BBC's cyber correspondent, Joe Tidy, about a gang of Russian hackers known as Evil Corps. Who are they, and what have they done ? Joe is co-hosting a new podcast about them.And a young engineer from Kenya has developed an app for deaf people, so they can read sign language on a screen while people speak to them in real-time. It's just earned him a prestigious award.Presenter: Shiona McCallum
Producer: Tom Quinn(Image: A photo of a mother and teenage daughter at home, using a laptop and smartphone. Credit: Getty Images)