Adults have no concept of security on the Internet and children of all ages almost universally trust that everyone is as "nice and good" as they are. My now 15 year old granddaughter got on Facebook at 13, and even though her Dad took her off Facebook, she got on under another name using a friend's computer.
Grandpa has been playing with computers since we were using punch cards, and even though I no longer write programs, I stumble my way through the computer world.
I established an account as a fifteen year old boy with pictures I borrowed from a neighbors son, then "stalked" her and convinced her to meet me at a mall - it was really safe that way. When she walked in to the food court, she was surprised to see me and acted like she wanted me to disappear before "Steve" got there.
I showed her the file on her and "Steve" and she was P.O.'d I had spied on her.
I showed her where her school was, where her best girlfriends lived, where she lived and gave her my "On-line Security" talk.
She listened as a know-it-all 13 year old listens, which to say is, not at all, and continued to hammer me about "spying" on her. I logged on to Facebook with my laptop, and when I signed in to my Steve persona, she got very quiet. Then I retold her what I had done and showed her how "unsafe" th...
Grandpa has been playing with computers since we were using punch cards, and even though I no longer write programs, I stumble my way through the computer world.
I established an account as a fifteen year old boy with pictures I borrowed from a neighbors son, then "stalked" her and convinced her to meet me at a mall - it was really safe that way. When she walked in to the food court, she was surprised to see me and acted like she wanted me to disappear before "Steve" got there.
I showed her the file on her and "Steve" and she was P.O.'d I had spied on her.
I showed her where her school was, where her best girlfriends lived, where she lived and gave her my "On-line Security" talk.
She listened as a know-it-all 13 year old listens, which to say is, not at all, and continued to hammer me about "spying" on her. I logged on to Facebook with my laptop, and when I signed in to my Steve persona, she got very quiet. Then I retold her what I had done and showed her how "unsafe" th...
Adults have no concept of security on the Internet and children of all ages almost universally trust that everyone is as "nice and good" as they are. My now 15 year old granddaughter got on Facebook at 13, and even though her Dad took her off Facebook, she got on under another name using a friend's computer.
Grandpa has been playing with computers since we were using punch cards, and even though I no longer write programs, I stumble my way through the computer world.
I established an account as a fifteen year old boy with pictures I borrowed from a neighbors son, then "stalked" her and convinced her to meet me at a mall - it was really safe that way. When she walked in to the food court, she was surprised to see me and acted like she wanted me to disappear before "Steve" got there.
I showed her the file on her and "Steve" and she was P.O.'d I had spied on her.
I showed her where her school was, where her best girlfriends lived, where she lived and gave her my "On-line Security" talk.
She listened as a know-it-all 13 year old listens, which to say is, not at all, and continued to hammer me about "spying" on her. I logged on to Facebook with my laptop, and when I signed in to my Steve persona, she got very quiet. Then I retold her what I had done and showed her how "unsafe" the Internet was, again.
Since a number of her friends had "friended" me, and some friends of the real Steve, kind of computer specialists, I showed her how easier it was to track her, and them, using Facebook and Google Earth.
She was still put out with grandpa when she left, but two days later she took down her Facebook account - and so did two of her friends. She now gives security lectures to her friends that want to know why she doesn't have a Facebook page.
She now has unlimited minutes on her iPhone, and actually likes it better than Facebook. I'm sure she and all of her friends will have arthritic thumbs when they get older, and I'm sure they will figure out something else that is probably just as dangerous, but parents and grandparents can only deal with what we know.
Oh, it took her only a week to forgive me, but when she told her dad why she took down her Facebook page, he was bent out of shape for about a month for sticking my nose in. It was "his job" to guide and guard her through to adulthood. When my quick statement about I did what he would have to have hired someone else to do and didn't charge him for my work finally sunk in.
I was guilty that I usurped his parental job, but I've always been a Type A, so it never even dawned on me to consult him - I just did it to protect my granddaughter.
I'm not sure I would do it much different, anyway.
Google.
(more)Grandpa has been playing with computers since we were using punch cards, and even though I no longer write programs, I stumble my way through the computer world.
I established an account as a fifteen year old boy with pictures I borrowed from a neighbors son, then "stalked" her and convinced her to meet me at a mall - it was really safe that way. When she walked in to the food court, she was surprised to see me and acted like she wanted me to disappear before "Steve" got there.
I showed her the file on her and "Steve" and she was P.O.'d I had spied on her.
I showed her where her school was, where her best girlfriends lived, where she lived and gave her my "On-line Security" talk.
She listened as a know-it-all 13 year old listens, which to say is, not at all, and continued to hammer me about "spying" on her. I logged on to Facebook with my laptop, and when I signed in to my Steve persona, she got very quiet. Then I retold her what I had done and showed her how "unsafe" the Internet was, again.
Since a number of her friends had "friended" me, and some friends of the real Steve, kind of computer specialists, I showed her how easier it was to track her, and them, using Facebook and Google Earth.
She was still put out with grandpa when she left, but two days later she took down her Facebook account - and so did two of her friends. She now gives security lectures to her friends that want to know why she doesn't have a Facebook page.
She now has unlimited minutes on her iPhone, and actually likes it better than Facebook. I'm sure she and all of her friends will have arthritic thumbs when they get older, and I'm sure they will figure out something else that is probably just as dangerous, but parents and grandparents can only deal with what we know.
Oh, it took her only a week to forgive me, but when she told her dad why she took down her Facebook page, he was bent out of shape for about a month for sticking my nose in. It was "his job" to guide and guard her through to adulthood. When my quick statement about I did what he would have to have hired someone else to do and didn't charge him for my work finally sunk in.
I was guilty that I usurped his parental job, but I've always been a Type A, so it never even dawned on me to consult him - I just did it to protect my granddaughter.
I'm not sure I would do it much different, anyway.
Google.
If this does pass into law, we all are in big trouble because of the government having their hand in this..I do not approve of children 13 and under using facebook, and if i had a child at the age of 5 using facebook, im sure parents that voted yes that does have kids that age using facebook...this country is in big trouble. Its a sad day in history if this passes for children under 13 to use facebook.
13 and under are not smart enough and mature enough to know what not to post on it! At now 16 that same one still isn't any smarter! And what are they going to do when the parents don't supervise their kids? The parents don't see anything wrong.
point. How old was that ACININE BRAT from North Carolina who got her laptop filled
with hot lead by her father for getting smart with him, her mother, both her step parents,
and other grown-ups ON FACEBOOK ? She should count her lucky stars that she was
born in the good old USA and not the Middle East. In some countries there, to this very
day, her father could have had her executed by hanging for behavior half as bad as she
is guilty of. And also what about that young "lady" who I think is from New Jersey (I'm
not sure) who was grounded from the web indefinately, by her mother until she learns
some manners ? She is guilty of a similar offense that she comitted VIA FACEBOOK.
These are two prime examples of why minor children should never be allowed on not
only Facebook, but also Twitter, Youtube and any other similar such sights without
vigilant supervision by a trustworthy adult. If I were the local juvinille refuree in either
of those locales, I would send rouge kids such as these two, to an army basic training
camp to teach them proper etiquette, courtesy, and protocol for minor children. Wait a
minute ! Did I say army for that North Carolina brat ? She is the worse of the two...
point. How old was that ACININE BRAT from North Carolina who got her laptop filled
with hot lead by her father for getting smart with him, her mother, both her step parents,
and other grown-ups ON FACEBOOK ? She should count her lucky stars that she was
born in the good old USA and not the Middle East. In some countries there, to this very
day, her father could have had her executed by hanging for behavior half as bad as she
is guilty of. And also what about that young "lady" who I think is from New Jersey (I'm
not sure) who was grounded from the web indefinately, by her mother until she learns
some manners ? She is guilty of a similar offense that she comitted VIA FACEBOOK.
These are two prime examples of why minor children should never be allowed on not
only Facebook, but also Twitter, Youtube and any other similar such sights without
vigilant supervision by a trustworthy adult. If I were the local juvinille refuree in either
of those locales, I would send rouge kids such as these two, to an army basic training
camp to teach them proper etiquette, courtesy, and protocol for minor children. Wait a
minute ! Did I say army for that North Carolina brat ? She is the worse of the two, and
furthermore, North Carolina happens to be located in the middle of Dixie. Even to this
day, In that neck of the woods, it is still customary for all minor people to call any and
all grown-ups sir or maam, determinded by the latters gender. In that case, that stupid
delinquant form North Carolina needs to be sent to a marine boot camp instead.
its ruining this generation