Your entire argument hinges on her being honest with you about her screenname(s). Without that, you ain't got shit, no matter what super-duper-software you have..
-Cameron On 1/17/07, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:224988 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
