Part 2 is the parenting part - the human part of monitoring young social networkers. For this week's issue of my newsletter, I interviewed Brad Weber and Michael Edelson, serial tech entrepreneurs, founders of BeNetSafe, and both dads of three between the ages of 13 and 15. Last week, we talked about the various monitoring options involving tech. I think this week's more interesting, but see if … [Read more...] about Monitoring MySpacers, Part 2
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Unsupervised online teens & other myths
There are a lot of smart parents (and online teens) out there, research is showing. The former are clearly transferring their parenting skills and policies into cyberspace, and the latter – teenagers – seem to be fine with that. "More than 70% of the adolescents said they'd feel comfortable having their parents look at their MySpace page," a recent survey of MySpacers and their parents in Los … [Read more...] about Unsupervised online teens & other myths
Teens online: Major study
'Tis the season for surveys about online teens, it seems. Several have just been released, but the biggest news in Net safety this week was the much-anticipated "Second Youth Internet Safety Survey" (the first, much-quoted, study came out in 2000) from the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, sponsored by the US government-funded National Center for Missing & … [Read more...] about Teens online: Major study
Critical thinking needed!
The filter between everybody's ears is increasingly beating out tech filters in importance. "The fastest-growing computer-security problem isn't viruses or other traditional malicious programs, and it can't be entirely defeated by using security software or by buying a Mac. It's called 'social engineering,' and it consists of tactics that try to fool users into giving up sensitive financial data … [Read more...] about Critical thinking needed!
‘Try to keep a cool head’
I don't know if he's a parent, but teacher and commentator Scott Granneman makes some useful observations for parents and everybody involved with teens using Web 2.0 in "MySpace, a place without MyParents" at SecurityFocus.com. After running through (and linking to news stories about) a bunch the latest exploits by teens and victimizing teens on social networks I've linked you to too, he tells … [Read more...] about ‘Try to keep a cool head’