It is not a matter of just getting the URL. For instance, I used to check on my daughters profile on a regular basis ( My mother alerted me to her account as there were questionable photos on there. Nothing pornographic, just poses that were a bit too suggestive of a teenage girl). Then, one day I was not able to. So I talked to her about it and discovered that there is a feature that she can enable that keeps anyone over a certain age from seeing her profile, even if they are on the friends list as I was. I thought that was a good feature to have to keep the predators from viewing her profile/attempting to contact her. ( I know, I can make a fake profile that makes me under the age limit she sets, but she also has her account set up so that you HAVE to be on her friends list to contact/view her info). So now I can get this software installed on her computer and mine and keep up with what is going on in my own time rather than having to periodically peek over her shoulder, and she can keep her profile safe. As far as whether or not a kid will or will not give up the URL of their account, well I suppose that is between the kid and the parent. I know if my kid tried that, I would pretty much have her profile shut down (which a parent can do) and block MySpace from her computer (I use CyberSitter).
I know that keeping our kids safe on the internet is a full time job and as long as there are folks out there that are willing to help us out, even a little, that goes a long way. I mean, I have her computer in the living room where I can see what she is doing, I have access to her MySpace info, I have CyberSitter installed, etc.. but it really helps when someone comes along to give a hand. Speaking of CyberSitter, I like that app. I have it installed on my daughters computer, and there is a tool I installed on mine that allows me to see what she is doing on-line in real time, including all of her chats on AOL, MSN or Yahoo. And I get emailed a detailed transcript of what sites she is looking at and all of her on-line chats as well as her emails. Well worth the $30 something I spent on it. And the part of the article that says this is an invasion of privacy, no it is not. She is my minor child living in my house under mine and my wife's supervision, so as far as we are concerned she has no privacy other than showers and changing clothes. On 1/17/07, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am confused by this article. what more does a parent need than the > url of their kid's page? and if the kid won't give that up, what > makes the parents think they can find them via this new software? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224951 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
