Archive for June, 2008

Wacky Internet Predator Wednesday, VI

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

My favorite day of the week!
Let these 3 scumbags be a reminder to parents that monitoring software like PC Pandora is essential in today’s Internet world. Thankfully no real minors were hurt here as far as we know – who knows who these guys got to prior to being arrested. These guys do exist and [...]

PC Pandora is The Parent’s Key to Safe Summer Surfing

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Kids home for summer means kids on the computer more, especially during the day when parents are at work. PC Pandora monitoring software can help make sure your kids are playing safe all day long in the digital sandbox.
New York, NY (PRWEB) June 11, 2008 — Summer vacation used to mean a break from the [...]

3 ISPs Agree to Block Child Sex Websites

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

This was a huge news story this week, as – for the first time – three Internet service providers (Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner) made an agreement with NY State AG Cuomo (love that guy) to block/prohibit access to websites and portals that traffic the illegal images of child pornography.
This is a huge step and [...]

Wacky Internet Predator Wednesday, Part 5

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

You know what’s ironic about doing this weekly Wednesday post is that for the last couple of weeks right after I make the post, I get alerted to several arrests made under the headline. So, as with the last couple of weeks, here are 3 headlines on Internet predators being caught, but all are from [...]

Florida Teacher Has Sex with Students – Uses MySpace to Communicate

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

As if I didn’t have enough logs for the know-what-your-kids-are-doing-online fire and my anti MySpace rants… A teacher in Polk County Florida not only had sex with a few students, but then chatted them up on MySpace like it w’ain’t no thang.
Are you effing me? So clearly this teacher also don’t realize that everyone can [...]

“Spying” on the Text Generation – Overprotective or Good 21st Century Parenting

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Man, I hate that word being used to scare parents off from being real parents…
There was a very long and interesting article in this weekend’s Boston Globe. It’s a look at parents trying to keep up with and monitor their tech-savvy/obsessed kids.
Unfortunately, the piece seems to scrutinize the idea of monitoring software – but it’s [...]

More laws, collaboration required for online safety

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

This is an interesting piece/interview with the AG of Washington State. A good read… and reminder that right now it’s all up to the parents. All the more reason to invest in monitoring software like PC Pandora.
More laws, collaboration required for online safety
By Nancy Gohring , IDG News Service
Washington state’s attorney general is only half [...]

Wacky Internet Predator Wednesday, episode 4

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

You know what day it is kids! It’s time for another round-up of those sicko perverts trying to lure teens over the net for sex in… Wacky Internet Predator Wednesday. Today’s round-up includes three homies from Harrisburg PA, a joint effort to round-up the pervs in Missouri and Oklahoma, and finally, a whopping 39 arrests [...]

PC Pandora Recognizes National Internet Safety Month, June 2008

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Congress has declared June as National Internet Safety Month for the past four years. But while the month is always celebrated within the online safety community, this year it has failed to register on the radars of many parents. PC Pandora monitoring software reminds everyone to talk to young Internet users about the dangers online [...]

Policing Thought and Conversations — Too Far?

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

This is a very interesting case/scenario. I have mixed feelings on it. Basically, you are all familiar with Perverted Justice and how they basically arrange and carry out sting ops on predators for cops. Well, this one guy in the last round was picked up at home for, essentially, talking dirty and showing porn to [...]