Knowing the Risks on the Information Highway

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INTERNET DANGERS
Knowing the Risks on the Information Highway
The Dangers
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Dangers Online
A national survey of parents in computer
households suggests that parents have mixed
feelings about the Internet. While they have real
concerns about the Nets dangers and negative
influence on their children, they also understand
the enormous potential of the evolving medium.
What Parents Think About The Internet.
can cause children to develop anti-social behavior
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children without access are at a disadvantage
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might interfere with values and beliefs
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Internet can have a community-building influence
Place to discover fascinating and useful things
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Can cause their children to become isolated
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helps their children with their schoolwork.
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Concerned about the type of content their
children can access online
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Dangers Online
Increased public awareness, fed by media reports
of the various dangers online, may be partly
responsible for the concern many parents have
about the type of content their children can
access online. In fact, two-thirds of newspaper
stories on the Internet focused on negatives
aspects of the Net, mainly sex crimes,
pornography and privacy invasion.
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Positive or neutral stories
Negative stories
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Dangers Online
What Parents Think About The Internet.
can cause children to develop anti-social behavior
might interfere with values and beliefs
Internet can have a community-building influence
Can cause their children to become isolated
Concerned about the type of content their
children can access online
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Dangers Online
What Parents Think About The Internet.
children without access are at a disadvantage
Place to discover fascinating and useful things
helps their children with their schoolwork.
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A New Medium / New Dangers
The Internet

• Is interactive your child can interact with
  anyone online from your home, their school or a
  library
• Allows any user, anywhere, to post information,
  including material that may be inaccurate,
  misleading and inappropriate for children
• Difficult to restrict or regulate advertising
  to children
• Is not always anonymous even when it feels
  like it is

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Dangers of the Internet
Spamming
Pedophilia
Pornography
Crooks
Child Enticement
Hackers
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CROOKS
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INTERNET DANGERS
Knowing the Risks on the Information Highway
Online Stalkers
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It doesnt take much for someone to find you..

• A simple search in Alta Vistas search engine can
  expose a persons address, their telephone
  number, and a map to their house.

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Information Check

• From the Internet Search Engine we were able to
  determine
• what city the person lives in
• the persons telephone number
• a map to the persons house
• links to find out more about the person
• Total search time 2 minutes

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this shows how sometimes all a predator needs is
an email

• By hanging out in chat rooms, an online
  predator can pick up on emails, screen names, and
  messages that are posted by a web surfer to lead
  them to more personal information

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• In the case shown in the following slides, a name
  - JDoe - was taken from a chat room to see if
  more information could be found just by using
  that name
• This name was put into an all-items-newsgroup
  search engine to generate a list of possible
  matches on the random name
• The slides reveal the end result

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Now Using What We Know..

• The email domain is AOL and that the screen name
  is Jdoe
• We go into an AOL web browser and search for a
  profile for further information

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Information Check
From a Newsgroup search we were able to determine

• The persons first name
• The persons sex
• Marital Status
• The persons interests and hobbies
• Types of computers he uses
• Occupation
• Total search time 10 minutes (12 total)

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Go A Little Further. Use a reverse e-mail
directory to find more information

• http//www.theultimates.com
• http//www.whowhere.lycos.com/
• http//www.returnpath.net/
• http//www.anywho.com/
• MESA, your MetaEmailSearchAgent

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Information Check
The Reverse Search Revealed Even More Information

• The place of employment
• Tells us that it is a fairly current record
• From this information we could easily pinpoint
  all personal information from his place of
  business.
• Total search time 20 minutes (32 total)

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Complete Information Gathered

• From the entire search we were able to
  determine
• that the individual is an adult
• the persons first and last name
• that the person is a male
• his e-mail account
• he likes cars, computers, learning, and
  landscaping
• he is married
• he works at Sterling Indirect Accounting Firm
• his position is Systems Manager
• he resides in Tampa, Florida
• he is looking to buy a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee
• and with this we could easily find out his work
  phone number and location leading to his home
  address and home phone number
• Total search time 32 minutes

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INTERNET DANGERS
Knowing the Risks on the Information Highway
Web Addresses, Internet Searches and Pornography
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Websites to Beware of...

• Intended sites
• http//missteenusa.Com
• Www.Playstation.Com
• Vogue.Com
• Www.Microsoft.Com
• Www.Netscape.Com

• Mistake sites
• Www.Teen-usa.Com
• Www.Playstatiom.Com
• Vogue.Org
• Www.Microsofy.Com
• Www.Netscapr.Com