Internet Safety for Parents

1
(No Transcript)
2
Internet Safety for Parents

• November 30th, 2005

3
Remember, you are your childs best protection
on-line!
4
No net nanny, firewall, or other software will
keep your child totally safe.
5
There are so many ways to get around these
programs, either by accident or on purpose, that
the Internet savvy child or teen may see them as
a challenge.
6
We all know that kids like to test the limits,
and it wont be long before they find a way
around the blocks.
7
Guidelines for Parents

• Dont let your child have a computer in their
  bedroom.

8

• If they are in there with the door closed, do
  you really know what they are doing?

9
The best place for a computer is in a common
living space where you can keep an eye on them
while they are working a kitchen, living room,
TV room, or dining room is ideal.
10
Guidelines for Parents

• Dont let your child have a computer in their
  bedroom.
• Check to see where theyve been.

11
Check your cookies, history, and temporary
internet files. The computer keeps track of
where the users have gone. If you are curious,
check it out.
12
Guidelines for Parents

• Dont let your child have a computer in their
  bedroom.
• Check to see where theyve been.
• Talk to your kids about what they are doing.

13
Ask them questions about where they have been
and what they are doing. Are they chatting
with people online? Do they have a web site?
What types of games are they playing?
14
Find out what they are working on at school
if they are doing a report on marijuana for
Health class you may find suspicious sites listed
in the history and cookies. Check with their
teachers if you are not sure.
15
Guidelines for Parents

• Dont let your child have a computer in their
  bedroom.
• Check to see where theyve been.
• Talk to your kids about what they are doing.
• Dont rely on the Internet to keep your kids
  safe.

16
There are currently very few laws regarding the
Internet and online safety.
17
Dont assume that the government or some other
organization will not allow the bad stuff to
get online.
18
Guidelines for Parents

• Dont let your child have a computer in their
  bedroom.
• Check to see where theyve been.
• Talk to your kids about what they are doing.
• Dont rely on the Internet to keep your kids
  safe.
• Make sure that your kids know the rules.

19
Discuss what is and isnt acceptable.
20
Do you allow them to play games online? Do you
want them e-mailing or chatting?
21
Make sure that you emphasize these rules and
discuss basic safety with them.
22
Guidelines for Parents

• Dont let your child have a computer in their
  bedroom.
• Check to see where theyve been.
• Talk to your kids about what they are doing.
• Dont rely on the Internet to keep your kids
  safe.
• Make sure that your kids know the rules.
• Encourage them to talk to you about what theyve
  seen.

23
What should they do if someone contacts them and
asks to meet them or asks for an address?
What should they do if someone is making them
uncomfortable online?
24
Even the most innocent search can yield startling
results that they may not know how to deal with
or understand. www.google.ca
25
Some Sites for Parents Kids

• http//www.safekids.com/
• http//www.safeteens.com/
• http//www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguidee.htm
  (The FBI handbook on Internet safety)
• http//www.getnetwise.org/
• http//www.ou.edu/oupd/kidsafe/start.htm (Police
  handbook on Internet safety)
• http//www.netsmartz.org/
• http//www.internet-safety.org/
• http//disney.go.com/surfswell/ (A Disney site
  for younger kids)
• http//www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
• http//www.parentscentre.gov.uk/usingtheinternet/i
  nternetsafety/

26
Check with your Internet provider to see what
safety services they offer. www.sasktel.com
27
(No Transcript)
28
Where Have They Been?

• Check the Cookies
• Check the history
• Check the Temporary Internet Files

29
Checking the Cookies
30
Cookies

• When the computer visits most sites the site
  leaves a Cookie on the computer.
• Checking your cookies is quite easy.

31
Step One
Right-click on the Start button
32
Step Two
Choose Search.
33
Step Three
Type Cookies in the search box titled All or
part of a file name. Make sure it says Local
Drive C\ in the Look In box.
34
Step Four
Choose the folder CookiesgtgtC\Documents and
Settings\... by double-clicking on it.
35
How to Read Your Cookies
Column 1 tells you the name of the user who
accessed the site (this must be a registered user
account).
36
How to Read Your Cookies
Column 2 tells you size of the cookie. This is
not that important.
37
How to Read Your Cookies
Columns 3, 4, and 5 tell you the different dates
of access. If these dates are different then the
site has been accessed more than once.
38
Checking the History
39
What is the History

• The history is easy to check, but the history
  only records addresses that are typed in it
  does not record the addresses of sites accessed
  through Google or Yahoo.

40
There are two ways to check your
history -click on the down arrow -click
the history button
41
Click on the down arrow
42
Clicking on the History Button
Clicking on the history button will reveal a list
of sites accessed in the last 3 weeks, and will
take you to those sites if you click on the links.
43
Both of these methods will allow you to see what
has been accessed recently. To choose how long
a history is kept follow the next steps
44
Setting the History
In your web browser choose Tools and Internet
Options.
45
Setting the History
Set the number of days you would like the history
to be kept. You can also select a home page on
this menu.
46
Checking the Temporary Internet Files
47
What are Temporary Internet Files?

• Usually, when you access a website, the computer
  creates a temporary file that stores information
  needed to refresh the screen.
• To check your temporary files follow these steps

48
Checking your .tmp files
Go back to the Search menu and type .tmp in
the All or part of a file name box.
49
Checking your .tmp files
The results of your search may give you
information about where recent users have been.
50
One more thing
51
You can try checking your cache, but be careful
not to delete anything in this folder as some of
it is very important in the running of your
machine.
52
To check your cache
Click on the Start menu and choose My
Computer.
53
To check your cache
Choose Local Disk (C) by double-clicking on
the icon.
54
To check your cache
Select the WINDOWS icon by double-clicking on
it.
55
To check your cache
Select the Cache folder by double-clicking on
it.
56
To check your cache

• You can open and view any of the files ending in
• .jpg
• .gif
• .tif
• .doc
• .xls
• .ppt
• To open them simply double-click on the icon.

DO NOT OPEN files ending in .exe! These may be
necessary files, or they may be viruses. Do not
delete them either!
57
Thank you for coming, and remember you are your
childs best protection on-line!