Internet Safety for Parents

1. Internet Safety for Parents Presented by: Scott Burnett Integrity Computer Concepts

2. Tonights Topics • Current Trends • Facebook • Tech Tips for you home • Hardware and Software • Questions and answers

3. 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!!!

4. 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!!!

5. 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!

6. 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!

7. 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

9. 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!

10. 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!

11. 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!

12. Tips to help deal with technology in your household

13. Parent Tech Tips • Computer Passwords • Don’t allow them on the computer login or… if passwords are unavoidable, make sure you always KNOW them. • Webiste log in passwords • KNOW THEM!!!

14. Parent Tech Tips • Put the computer in a public space • Living room, den, play room kitchen…FACING the open area. • Avoid the bedrooms at all costs. Not always possible, but make your best attempt. • Open door policy

15. Parent Tech Tips • Internet / Computer Contract • Use the sample .doc on www.iccguru.com • Tweak it to fit your family. • Discuss what is acceptable and what is not and CLEARLY define the consequences.

16. Parent Tech Tips • Check the History • Keep your eye on their internet history. Know HOW to check it. (OpenDNS or K9) • Regularly look through thier contacts on the computer and the phone. • Put these rules in your contract.

17. Parent Tech Tips • Open the conversation • 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. • Discuss the decision they and thier friends make and the consequences later in life.

18. So how do we filter and monitor our kids online activity?

19. How-to-Handout, Page 1 • Spector Soft • 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 • Records: • Email • Chats • Web Sites • Keystrokes • Program Activity • Peer-to-Peer • Snapshots • The Newport Beach Police Department neither sponsors nor endorses the products listed above. • Additional Features • Keyword Alerting • Search and Locate • Internet Access Blocking

20. How-to-Handout, Page 1 • 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 Free! Free!

21. How-to-Handout, Page 1

22. Parental Control - Filters, Page 2 • NetNannyGoogle 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

23. Hardware, Page 3 • iBoss • Block Websites by Category • Control Online Chat, Gaming • Schedule Internet Access Times • Full-Featured Router/Firewall • Automatically E-mail Detailed Reports • Control networking devices in 1 shot. • Netgear WNR2000 • Great home wireless router with OpenDNS pre configured.

24. How-to-Handout, Page 4 • Cell phone services • T Mobile Sprint • AT&T Verizon • My Mobile Watchdog. (Protection) • Works on some phones • monthly service plan • not stealth, kids will see it. • Mobile Spy (Spyware) • Is stealth, 1 time purchase, works on most phones. ZERO tech support.

25. Question Time With Scott Burnett 949-689-5078 scott@iccguru.com