05.04
I have been seeing a lot lately about myspace.com.
You may have heard of it. It’s a social networking site where people
can chat, share photos, and communicate with other myspace users
easily. It has also become a major hangout for child predators. It’s
become so bad that it has caused Microsoft to hire a full time Chief
Security Officer for myspace.com who was formerly a U.S. Prosecuter
chasing down child predators. Please be sure to scrutinize your
children’s online activities. Especially if they use these social
networking sites like myspace.com. It’s not just viruses any
more. The threats to our kids online are real. Here is a recent
article by InformationWeek that goes into some detail about myspace and
some things to watch for:
The most important thing is that your kids know that talking to
strangers on the internet is just as bad as talking to strangers on the
street. You never know what information they could glean about you
from an offhand comment. The other thing is that kids should NEVER
give out any personal information on the internet. Sites like myspace
make it waaay to easy to give out personal info and most kids don’t
have the forethought to see that it could be a bad idea to give out
there cell phone number to their myspace “friends” or something like
that. If your kid has a computer in their room and their own cell
phone, it’s time to check it out and see exactly what they are
doing online.
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