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Re: Playing a Numbers Game With Our Children’s Safety

Feed Flare — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:48:10 -0000

As a parent I prey no one ever trys that crap with my son when he is old enough to go online. 99 cents for a bullet is a very cheap fix to that problem and the sick adults that try it.

Re: Playing a Numbers Game With Our Children’s Safety

Vitak — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:42:58 -0000

I would check out two 2007 reports issued by the Pew Internet Project, if you're interested in finding more data on teens and social networks.

The short memo, "Teens and Online Stranger Contact," released last October, echoes these findings that about 1/3 of teens have been contacted (although not necessarily harassed) by a stranger, although its age range is 12-17 years old, so that offers insight into slightly older adolescents.
Link to memo: http://www.pewinternet.org/...

The larger report, "Teens, Privacy and Online Social Networks," released in April 2007, offers quite a bit of insight into how teens 12-17 manage their online identities.
Link to report: http://www.pewinternet.org/...

Re: Playing a Numbers Game With Our Children’s Safety

Jonathan Kleiman — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:52:28 -0000

I would run keyloggers on my kids. They have no clue what they're up against.