2011 Internet Safety (parent)

Child Safety on the Internet
Christopher B. Hopkins
InternetLawCommentary.com
Christopher Hopkins
Topics
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10 Tech Decisions for Parents
Good Internet Habits
5 Lessons for Students
Guardrails on Your PC
Facebook Security
Xbox Live
Your Child’s Actions Can Get You
Sued
10 Tech Decisions for
Parents
10 Decisions for Parents
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Location of PC
Not on PC with your checking account
Create accounts with your kids
Use your email (or joint) for accounts
Let kids use goofy names & email addresses
Know kids’ passwords
Decide level of supervision when online
Use same services (“friend” them?)
Bite Your Tongue
Continue discussion – society hasn’t figured it out
The Unspoken Deal We
Make With Social Media
In exchange for use of the service
(e.g., Facebook, Flixster, Foursquare,
iPhone apps, Twitter, websites), we
hand over personal information to
gain access.
(then we forget that the account exists
or what settings we allowed)
Teaching Good
Internet Habits
Teach Good Internet Habits
• Set up accounts with your children
• Log in together.
• Compare your privacy settings.
• Discuss
Teach Good Internet Habits
• Use hard-to-crack passwords for
different accounts
• Have a secure way to remember passwords
• Don’t share passwords or smartphone codes
Teach Good Internet Habits
There is no DELETE
Teach Good Internet Habits
There is no DELETE
5 Internet Lessons
For Students
Internet Lessons For Students
1. Don’t just click « ok »
Internet Lessons For Students
2. Screensavers & Backgrounds
Internet Lessons For Students
3. Searching for
Celebrities
• Heidi Klum, Cameron Diaz, Piers Morgan (??), Jessica Biel,
Katherine Hiegl, Mila Kunis, Anna Paquin, Adrianna Lima,
Scarlett Johansson, Emma Stone, Brad Pitt, Rachel
McAdams
• Victoria’s Secret Models > Athletes & Singers
• 1:10 chance a search result will direct you to malicious
site
• Increase risk: add words like free, video or download
Internet Lessons For Students
site
4. Stay on Legit Sites & Don’t Click Ads
https = secure
Internet Lessons For Students
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Cyberbullying / Sexting
Girls tend to report more than boys
Keep the messages; report to school, police, authorities (even if
you take a picture w your cell phone)
Let your home be a sanctuary – turn off outside connections,
even if for a few hours.
Over-sharing (THERE IS NO DELETE)
Guardrails for your PC
Guardrails for Your PC
• What Pages are being viewed?
Check the browser history:
Explorer: View/Favorites
Chrome: Tools/history
• Tip » Any account (Skype, YouTube)
has a history. Google [account] + history to find it.
Guardrails: Windows Live
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Locks on Safe Search for most search engines
Blocks/limits games and programs
Session / Website reports
Limit email and IM contacts
Guardrails: GOOGLE
• Google Safe Search (locked on)
– Create Google account, “search settings”
Guardrails: YouTube
• YouTube “Safety Mode”
– Open account
– Turn “on,” log in, save setting and lock it on.
– Need to do this for each browser on PC
• Check YouTube history
– Account/My Videos/History
Facebook Security
Facebook Guidelines
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Facebook minimum age: 13
Do not reference birthdays, address or other password/secret
question clues
Decide whether you should “friend” your child
Sit down and go over account settings together
Consider disconnecting at night / cyberbulling & social pressure
Turn off: location, “public” anything, limit to friends, apps should
have limited to no access
See handout:
“Facebook Security for Lawyers & Their Families”
from Palm Beach Bar Ass’n (on InternetLawCommentary.com)
Facebook: Privacy Settings
Facebook: Privacy Settings
FB Privacy: How Tags Work
Facebook: Privacy Settings
FB Privacy: Apps & Websites
Edit Settings: TURN OFF & Remove Apps
Limited off
Off , esp “My
App Activity”
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Xbox Live
Xbox Live
Turn on Xbox. Go to My Xbox. Select Family.
Xbox Live
Make Sure Account is a Child Account.
Sign into Xbox Live, go to Online Safety.
Your Child’s Internet Actions
Can Get You Sued
Defamation
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False Statement
Published to 3rd Party
Negligently or Maliciously
Injury
Florida Computer Crimes Act
Accessing someone’s account can be a
felony
Illegally Downloading Music
Downloading mp3 files is easy – and
can get you sued
Illegally Downloading Movies
Sites allow users to download or
watch movies – which is illegal and
traceable
Illegally Downloading Movies
Bit Torrent and similar apps on your
student’s computer may suggest
downloading
Resources
Alone Together, Sherry Turkle (book, http://amzn.to/pod6aT)
Born Digital, John Palfrey & Urs Gasser (book, http://amzn.to/qiR8BD)
Cyberbullying Research Center (FAU): cyberbullying.us
Hamlet’s Blackberry, Williams Powers (book, http://amzn.to/nASRjx)
InternetLawCommentary.com – see the parent & student presentations
Child Safety on the Internet
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Cell Phone Use
• Age to get a cell phone?
4 – 8 years old…
4%
9 – 11 years old…
20%
12 – 14 years old... 44%
Benefit: the bill tells you who is calling, when,
and how long.
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