Online Sense is ICDL Arabia's philanthropic arm aimed at raising public awareness on Cyber Safety.

What Is Cyber Exploitation?

Cyber exploitation is the act of abusing online platforms to deceive someone else and/or use their information for personal gain. Did you know that there are over 750,000 sexual predators online at any given moment?

How a Cheap Phone Can Prevent You from Getting Hacked

There is a lot of hacking going on nowadays, and everyone’s panicking. You can’t even trust professional companies like your phone providers to safeguard your private information anymore!

Astroturfing: Why the Grass Isn’t Always Greener on the Other Side of the Internet

Astroturfing is the attempt to create an impression of widespread support for a policy, individual, or product, where very little support actually exited beforehand.

Memory Impairment: An Epidemic We Cannot Forget

Do you remember watching commercials and movies from the 90’s and early 2000’s that used to say we only use 10% of our brains? Although that is a false statement and considered ‘misleading,’ a leading neurologist in Abu Dhabi says excessive reliance on electronic devices and social media could negatively affect your child’s memory and cognition.

6 Self-Destructing Messaging Apps Adults Need to Know

Self-destructing messaging apps with end-to-end encryption are taking over; these are apps that automatically destruct messages when the receiver reads them and/or sets a limit for how long the receiver can see a message before it gets deleted.