In order to drive up revenue, porn marketers use pop-up windows which when closed open up more pop-up windows. Known as ‘mouse napping,’ this technique traps users in an endless loop of porn. Thus, if you see your child sitting in front of a screen full or pornography, desperately trying to click away, realize that [...]

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Two-thirds of 474 human resources professionals said in a survey they’ve discovered pornography on employee computers. Nearly half of those, 43 percent, said they had found such material more than once.
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If your children have social networking accounts and have pictures of themselves up online, make sure they aren’t wearing any shirts with their school logos/name/sports team, because these can be used to determine their location and even street address. As always, talk with them about how what information is appropriate to share and why.
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The National Crime Prevention Council in a 2008 report recommends that parents consider installing parental control filtering software and/or tracking programs. (Over 70 percent of teens reported to the NCPC that being able to block cyberbullies was the most effective method of prevention.)
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Establish “no call” times, when everyone in the family turns off their phones, including the parents.
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Every second, 28,000 Internet users are viewing porn online.
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This is the third in our series of questions about Internet safety issues and our products.
Worried about Wireless
We have wireless internet in our house with three laptops and a computer. Do I need to purchase this program for each computer, or can I download it to each computer in my house once I have purchased [...]

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8.5% of youth gamers (ages 8 to 18) “can be classified as pathological or clinically ‘addicted’ to playing video games” according to a 2007 Harris Poll.
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One of the best ways to combat sexting is to not get your child a phone with a camera. A phone by itself is a privilege, so a camera-phone is a luxury.
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Children receive 4.5 offers to visit porn sites per day through spam. Try adjusting spam settings in your child’s email client to try and reduce the amount of spam they get.
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