Internet Safety

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Internet Safety

• Marisol Flores
• East Windsor Police Department
• Jim DeRagon
• Director of Technology
• East Windsor Public Schools
• Timothy Howes
• Assistant Superintendent
• East Windsor Public Schools

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Agenda

• The Internet and Crime
• Internet Technology
• Internet Safety Tips

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Crimes Against Children Research Center - study

• 24 million children between the ages 10 and 17
  use the internet regularly.
  
• One out of every five of these children receive a
  sexual solicitation.
  
• One in every four received unwanted pictures of
  naked people or people having sex.
  
• One in every 33 received an aggressive sexual
  solicitation asking the recipient to meet, phone
  or accept gifts.
  

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A predators goal is to meet with these kids

• Many of the kids inadvertently leave themselves
  vulnerable to sexual predators.
  
• Through blogs and messages, kids identify what
  school they go to what activities they
  participate in and pictures of themselves.
  
• They will use whatever information they can to
  pose as a friend or someone with common
  interest.
  

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How can technology keep our children safe online?

• Use the content filter in Internet
• Explorer to block offensive web pages.
• Purchase advanced Internet software to protect
  kids from harmful content.
  

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What is filtering software?

• Filtering software allows you to control
• where your kids go online by blocking
• sites that are dangerous.
• Filtering software is easy to setup and
• use.
• Filtering software should be used not as
• a cure all but as a tool to help protect our
  
  
• kids online.

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Internet resources

• Filtering software sites
• www.netnanny.com
• www.cyberpatrol.com
• www.cybersitter.com

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Internet Help

• http//www.netsmartz.org/resources/reallife.htm
• "Cyberbullying You Can't Take It Back"
• "Cyberbullying Broken Friendship"
• "Julie's Journey"
• "Tracking Teresa"

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Internet Dictionary

• http//www.urbandictionary.com/
• Slang Dictionary with Pop Culture Words and
  Phrases. Uncensored!

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LOL

• Laughing Out Loud

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P911 or POS

• My parents are coming
• or Parent Over Shoulder

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ASL?

• Age, Sex, Location?

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PM or WTGP

• Private Message or
• Want to go Private?

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F2F

• Face to face (as in meeting)

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Whats Personal Information?

• Full Name
• Gender
• Home address
• City or State
• Phone number
• Social Security number
• School attending
• Personal photos

• Information on friends or family
• Parents credit card number
• Passwords yours or anyone elses
• Never set up a Profile for your screen name

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Internet Use Safety Tips

• Keep your passwords private, even from your best
  friend! Your online service will never ask for
  them, so neither should anyone else.
  
• Use only your Log-in Name and/or e-mail address
  when chatting or sending e-mail.
  
• Never give out personal information like your
  name, address, or phone number.
  
• Always delete unknown e-mail attachments. They
  can contain destructive viruses.
  
• Remember that nothing you write on the Web is
  completely private -- including e-mail. So be
  careful and think about what you type and who you
  tell.

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Internet Use Safety Tips

• People are not always as nice, cute, or funny as
  they may sound online. Never make plans to meet
  an online "friend" in person.
  
• Tell your parents if you come across something
  that makes you feel uncomfortable.
  
• Keep the computer in a central location in your
  home WITH SOUND ON.
  
• Never arrange a meeting with someone you have met
  online.
  
• Never send a person your picture or anything else
  without first checking with your parents.

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How do I know theres a problem?

• Your child is spending large amounts of time on
  line, especially at night
  
• You find pornography on your childs computer
• Your child receives phone calls from men you
  dont know or is making calls, sometimes long
  distance, to numbers you dont recognize.

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• Your child receives mail, gifts or packages from
  someone you dont know
  
• Your child turns the computer monitor off or
  quickly changes the screen when you come in the
  room
  
• Your child has become withdrawn from the family
• Your child is using an online account belonging
  to someone else.
  
• Source FBI Publications A Parents Guide to
  Internet Safety

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Internet Resources

• http//www.isafe.org
• http//www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguidee.htm
  
  
• http//www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm
• http//www.wiredsafety.org/parent.html
• http//www.netparents.org
• www.cybertipline.org

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• Questions and Discussion???
• Thank you for caring!