In our electronic age, it seems that everyone is Twitter, Facebooking, MySpacing, etc. If you are not online, then you are not connected. Guess who else is joining us online? You guessed it - sex predator.
A recent MySpace study conducted in February 2009 showed that there were more than 90,000 registered sex offenders on their website. This is after a strict policy of not allowing sex offenders to enter. They immediately removed it. Guess where they went? Sentinel SAFE, a security technology company that helps social network identify sex offenders, found more than 8,000 of them lurking on Facebook. Needless to say, this is just the tip of the iceberg.
So you know they exist, but what can you do to protect yourself? When posting online, please keep the following common sense.
- Make sure your "friends" are friends you trust and write down your security agreement to determine what you can and can't see on your page
- Take a look at the pictures you posted, especially your children's pictures. Is there a bus number, school name, house number, and identifiable landmark in the background?
- Eliminate the date and time you traveled to or from the past. This makes you too easy to track.
Remember, once a predator can connect you to your child, all they need is basic details about pets, holidays, school, employment and friends to convince your child that they are not "strangers" and let They enter the home, pick them up or leave your neighbors.
Always look at what you posted from the other party. Ask yourself, how can I use this information if I want to hurt my family? Once you have the answer, fix it to make it unusable or restrict who has access to it.
In today's world, sex predators are more likely than ever to obtain information about us. Let them enter the "Internet door" to make their work easier.
Orignal From: Women's Self-Defense - Sexual Predator Online
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