It's from an ABC afterschool special.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 12:24 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] how to protect your kids Spoken like a man with no kids or in denial about what hellions he's got! lol Kids, especially teenagers, naturally trend toward pushing the limits. All kinds of limits. marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Luthman" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 8:38 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] how to protect your kids Trust your kids and they will trust you back. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." --- Winston Churchill On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Paul Gerstenberger <[email protected]>wrote: > I have not done this (don't have kids), but there was some discussion at a > workshop I was at recently. > > How about using an IDS/IPS on your home network. The brand that was > discussed at the workshop was fortinet. Should let you intercept all those > sorts of things. > > -Paul > > On Apr 13, 2010, at 10:49 PM, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > Here's the scenario. My kids are expressly forbidden from having email > > addresses outside my domain. They are forbidden from having myspace, > > facebook etc. sites. > > > > If they want an email, fine by me, but it's one that *I* can check on. > > > > If they want a web site, fine by me, but make it a real one that *I* can > > delete things from. > > > > I'm trying to teach them to NOT do or say things on the internet that > might > > bite them in the butt later. The days of people eventually forgetting > the > > stupidity of youth or passion are long gone. > > > > Anyway, my 13 year old has a myspace account. He used a hotmail email > > address to get it. He had permission to use neither of them. I finally > > found out about the myspace account and went in to check out what he'd > been > > saying. His trash and sent messages had both been erased between when I > got > > the password out of him and when I had time to check on it. (I didn't > know > > that his zune, a video player!!!! would ALSO allow him to get on the net > and > > work on his page, talk to his friends etc. deep sigh) > > > > So, I contacted myspace, using his account, and asked for all of the > deleted > > information. I explained that I was the father of a minor and that he > had > > no permission to use their site and I wanted to know what was being > hidden > > from me. I gave my full name AND phone number as well as my email > address. > > > > They were very good about contacting me quickly about this issue. > However > > they flatly refused to provide me with any information!!!!! They had NO > > proof of age etc. on the account. Nothing to verify that the child was > over > > 18 etc. And *I* as the PARENT am prevented from accessing the account > > information! "go get it from your teen" is basically what I was told. > > > > WTF is this??????? Absolutly amazing. > > > > So, what do the rest of you do to try to protect or control your kids > these > > days? > > > > thanks > > marlon > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! 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