SPOKANE COUNTY SHERIFF’S ONLINE SAFETY OFFICE PRESENTS
Internet Safety
FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
Presentation Outline
Dangers of the Internet & Cyber Predators Dangers of the Internet & Identity Theft Tools and Knowledge to Protect Yourselves and Those You Love
The Internet is a Tool
T/F-
Privacy is a myth
T/F-
Anonymity is assured
Hammers & Wrenches Pins & Needles
Chat Rooms
Email
Instant Messaging (IM) Blogs (weblogs) (diaries)
Teenspot.com
You Must be under 23 to register
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www.MySpace.com
USER NAMES The following names are from: Spokane Girls Teenagers On MySpace.com
Sammie-f**ckit
xes ym stnaw nayR
Hard being sexy but someone has to do it
Sweetbutnaughty6t9
Not Ever Wanted Cause of UglyNess (I am ugly)
NetLingo.com
IM has a language all its own.
Can you figure out these abbreviations?
A/S/L
YIC
POS
AML
www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm
CYBER BULLYING
Publication Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2005
You've got threats
Online bullying among teens a growing concern by Alexandria Rocha
Earlier this year, a local high school student was placed under a restraining order for sending another teen hundreds of instant messages via the Internet. In a separate incident last June, a Gunn High School teacher found thousands of racist messages crowding her work e-mail account. Although the suspect was never identified, school officials and police believe it was a student disgruntled over a grade. Such incidences are examples of a new phenomenon called "cyberbullying." The days when adolescents and teenagers passed mean notes in class and picked on each other on the playground are being joined by quick and accessible text messages utilizing cell phones, emails, instant messages and Web blogs.
Predators
Get to know children through: Chat rooms Instant Messaging E-mail On the phone Finally, in person
Katie’s Story
Victim:
Katherine “Katie” Tarbox (13)
Dallas, TX
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Predator: Frank Kufrovich (41)
Alias:
23-year-old “Mark”
Screen Name: “Valleyguy” Result: Landmark conviction Sentenced to 1 ½ years
Katie met “Mark” in a teen chat room. After 6 months of grooming, Katie secretly met “Mark” in a Dallas hotel room while traveling with a parent.
Christina Long
Police said the teen-ager routinely had sex with partners she met on the Internet and that she had been with Dos Reis several times, The NewsTimes of Danbury reported. Authorities found e-mail indicating that the two had agreed to meet Friday night. Dos Reis told police he accidentally strangled Christina while they were having sex in his car in a mall parking lot, The News-Times reported.
Age of targets for on-line sexual solicitation
25 20
% of Total
15 Students 10 5 0
10yrs 11yrs 12yrs 13yrs 14yrs 15yrs 16yrs 17yrs
Source: 241,090 i-SAFE Student/Parent Assessments 2003-’04
“I go into a chat room…”
50 45 40
% of Total
35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0
Girls Boys
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
Fresh Soph Junior Senior
Source: 241,090 i-SAFE Student/Parent Assessments 2003-’04
‚I have posted my photo on the Internet‛
60 50
% of Total
40 30 20 10 0
3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Frosh Soph Junior Senior
Girls Boys
Source: 241,090 i-SAFE Student/Parent Assessments 2003-’04
‚I have met a new person from the Internet ‘face to face’‛
20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0
% of Total
Girls Boys
5th
6th
7th
8th
Fresh
Soph
Junior Senior
Source: 241,090 i-SAFE Student/Parent Assessments 2003-’04
Selecting and Creating User Names
DO NOT – Use part of real name DO NOT – Use anything that ties you to an association or group (i.e. School, Team, Region, etc.) DO – Be Creative DO – Create a username that you would not be reluctant to use if were to introduce yourself in public
Parental Controls
http://internet-filterreview.toptenreviews.com/
QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU
Deputy Travis Pendell
Crime Prevention Officer
Phone: 477-6044 tpendell@spokanesheriff.org