ONLINE SAFETY

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ONLINE SAFETY
SPOKANE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE PRESENTS
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Internet Safety

• FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

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Presentation Outline

• Dangers of the Internet Cyber Predators
• Dangers of the Internet Identity Theft
• Tools and Knowledge to Protect Yourselves and
  Those You Love

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The Internet is a Tool

• T/F- Privacy is a myth
• T/F- Anonymity is assured

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Hammers Wrenches Pins Needles

• Chat Rooms
• Email
• Instant Messaging (IM)
• Blogs (weblogs) (diaries)

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Teenspot.com

• You Must be under 23 to register
• Hmmmm

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• MidnightLady09MidnightLady09
• AbdullahNosshiAbdullahNosshi
• Italian_Babygurl10216Italian_Babygurl1021624Strai
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• sexy-cowgurlsexy-cowgurl24Straight girl
• 30sGuyForCamWithFa-30sGuyForCamWithF
• cummycummy
• vkinkyvkinky
• sexy_body_15sexy_body_15
• Dirty4uDirty4u

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www.MySpace.com
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USER NAMES

• The following names are from
• Spokane Girls
• Teenagers
• On MySpace.com

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• Sammie-fckit

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xes ym stnaw nayR
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• Hard being sexy but someone has to do it

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• Sweetbutnaughty6t9

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• Not Ever Wanted Cause of UglyNess
• (I am ugly)

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NetLingo.com

• IM has a language all its own.
• Can you figure out these abbreviations?

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A/S/L
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YIC
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POS
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AML
www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm
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CYBER BULLYING
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Predators

• Get to know children through
• Chat rooms
• Instant Messaging
• E-mail
• On the phone
• Finally, in person

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Katies Story

Victim Katherine Katie Tarbox (13)

Dallas, TX
Predator Frank Kufrovich (41) Alias
23-year-old Mark Screen Name
Valleyguy Result Landmark conviction
Sentenced to 1 ½ years
Katie met Mark in a teen chat room. After 6
months of grooming, Katie secretly met Mark in
a Dallas hotel room while traveling with a parent.
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Christina Long
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• Police said the teen-ager routinely had sex with
  partners she met on the Internet and that she had
  been with Dos Reis several times, The News-Times
  of Danbury reported.
• Authorities found e-mail indicating that the two
  had agreed to meet Friday night. Dos Reis told
  police he accidentally strangled Christina while
  they were having sex in his car in a mall parking
  lot, The News-Times reported.

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Age of targets for on-line sexual solicitation
of Total
Source 241,090 i-SAFE Student/Parent Assessments
2003-04
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I go into a chat room
of Total
Source 241,090 i-SAFE Student/Parent Assessments
2003-04
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I have posted my photo on the Internet
of Total
Source 241,090 i-SAFE Student/Parent Assessments
2003-04
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I have met a new person from the Internet face
to face
of Total
Source 241,090 i-SAFE Student/Parent Assessments
2003-04
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Selecting and Creating User Names

• DO NOT Use part of real name
• DO NOT Use anything that ties you to an
  association or group (i.e. School, Team, Region,
  etc.)
• DO Be Creative
• DO Create a username that you would not be
  reluctant to use if were to introduce yourself in
  public

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Parental Controls

• http//internet-filter-review.toptenreviews.com/

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QUESTIONS?
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THANK YOU
Deputy Travis Pendell Crime Prevention
Officer Phone [phone] tpendell_at_spokanesheriff.or
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