Presented by:
Scott Burnett
Tonights Topics
• Current Trends
• Facebook
• Tech Tips for you home
• Hardware and Software
• Questions and answers
Current Trends
• Peer to Peer file sharing
• 1 in 10 files on a peer to peer networks
are virus’s masquerading as music,
photos, videos and software.
• Kazaa, Limewire, Napster, BearShare,
Gnutella, eDonkey, BitTorrent
• Kids often start with simple music
downloading, but quickly learn to find
porn very easily.
VIRUS WARNING!!!
Current Trends
• Video Chatting
• Very difficult to monitor / record
• Know WHO your kids are chatting with
• Make sure video chats are done in a
PUBLIC space in your home
• Consider a recording program if video
chatting is allowed
Popular with high school sweet hearts!!!
Current Trends
• Online Loitering
• “The Mall” of 2010
• Too much time = trouble
• Revealing private information, download
spyware / viruses, find online
pornogrpahy,
• Consider an online contract with time
limits. Download one from www.iccguru.com
Malware Alert! Scam Alert!
Current Trends
• Pornography
• 12 Billion per year spent by Americans
• 12% of all web sites are pornographic.
• 25% of all Google searches, looking for
more porn.
• First brush with online porn is usually
by age 11, usually inadvertently
• #1 user group. Boys ages 12-17
• First sexual experience is at age 16
YIKES! Get a filter or a monitoring program!
More Trends
• I.M. or instant messaging
• Chat room
• Cyber Bullying
• Online Gaming with strangers
• YouTube
• Proxy Servers www.youhide.com
• Camera Phones, Cell phone video
• Sexting
• Posting images / videos online
Facebook
• Social Networking
• MySpace is out, Facebook is in
• 400 Million active users
• 3 billion photos are on FB
• 75% of Jr. High school kids
• Average user: 130 FB friends / 55mins
• Females, 35-45 are the #1 FB users!
• Club Penguin
Time Waster Alert!
Facebook
• Some dangers to be aware of……
– Posting too much information
– Know who the friends are
– Purge the friends list occasionally
– Colleges and employers
– TIME WASTER
– Mobile FB users are TWICE as active
Time Waster Alert!
Facebook
• Use SECURITY settings!
• Create your own, learn how to use it.
• Friend your kids. Make it a requirement.
• Teach your kids how to use social
networking responsibly.
Time Waster Alert!
◙ Computer Passwords
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Don’t allow them on the
computer login or… if
passwords are unavoidable,
make sure you always KNOW
them.
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Webiste log in passwords
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KNOW THEM!!!
◙ Put the computer in a
public space
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Living room, den, play room
kitchen…FACING the open
area.
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Avoid the bedrooms at all
costs. Not always possible,
but make your best attempt.
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Open door policy
◙ Internet / Computer
Contract
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Use the sample .doc on
www.iccguru.com
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Tweak it to fit your family.
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Discuss what is acceptable
and what is not and CLEARLY
define the consequences.
◙ Check the History
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Keep your eye on their
internet history. Know HOW
to check it. (OpenDNS or K9)
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Regularly look through thier
contacts on the computer and
the phone.
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Put these rules in your
contract.
◙ Open the conversation
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Use news stories, movies and
recent events to talk about how
your kids can be safe online. Bring
up the conversation. Don’t avoid it.
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Discuss the decision they and thier
friends make and the
consequences later in life.
Spector Soft
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Emails (both sent and received)
Chats and Instant Messages
Received
Keystrokes Typed
Web Sites Visited
ySpace & Facebook Activity
Applications Run
Peer-to-Peer Downloads
User Logon/Logoff
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Records:
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Additional Features
Email
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Chats
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Web Sites
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Keystrokes
Program Activity
Peer-to-Peer
Snapshots
Keyword Alerting
Search and
Locate
Internet Access
Blocking
•Goes on any router,
as a setting.
•Web content filtering
•Phishing Filter
•Malware Site protection
•White list / blacklist
•Detailed web site
reporting
•Typo Correction
•All web based, no
software to install
•Speeds up your internet
•NetNanny
Google Image Protection, remote monitoring,
very customizable. Blocks, filters, reports.
•Safe Eyes
Screenshots, Sent email and cell phone
alerts, blocks, filters, reports.
•K9
Time controls, Google image protection, easy
for parents to give overrides, A++
CovenantEyes
Time Controls, Email reports, Blocks adult
sites
iBoss
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Block Websites by Category
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Control Online Chat, Gaming
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Schedule Internet Access Times
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Full-Featured Router/Firewall
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Automatically E-mail Detailed Reports
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Control networking devices in 1 shot.
Netgear WNR2000
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Great home wireless router with
OpenDNS pre configured.
Cell phone services
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T Mobile
Sprint
AT&T
Verizon
My Mobile Watchdog. (Protection)
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Works on some phones
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monthly service plan
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not stealth, kids will see it.
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Mobile Spy (Spyware)
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Is stealth, 1 time purchase, works on
most phones. ZERO tech support.