Rethinking IM Privacy For Kids 507
mackles writes, "Now that the world has read the despicable instant messages from Rep. Foley, should parents take a second look at monitoring their kids' IMs? After all, it was IM logging that exposed the scandal; would we have found out otherwise? Cost is not an issue, there are free monitoring tools. Should parents tell their kids before they monitor? Parents and their tech-savvy kids are at odds on the topic. From the article: 'As many as 94 percent of parents polled this summer by the research firm Harris Interactive said they've turned to Web content filters, monitoring software, or advice from an adult friend to keep electronic tabs on their children.' The article quotes one 18-year-old as saying, 'A lot of kids are smarter than adults think.'"
Anything on the router level? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Age and treachery... (Score:4, Funny)
obviously said by an adult!
Re:Should you tell your kids? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Damn kids! Get off my lawn! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:blah blah blah (Score:4, Funny)
Dang.... that's exactly how my parents sounded when I was a kid.
Re:Anything on the router level? (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, dad, the 54G can do logging. Actually that's probably better than the silly keylogger Judy and I have been using against you and mom for the past year. (BTW, having 'g0d' as your admin password is really lame - we didn't even need the keylogger to figure that out. :P I'll walk you through the firmware update after I get home from band practice.
Your loving son, Jack
P.S. Do not let Judy do the install - she's bound to get the interface names reversed and broadcast the log files to the universe. (If you don't believe me, ask her why that botnet attacked our computer last fall. I told her the target IP was the first param, not the second one, but did Little Miss 31337 listen to me? Of course not.)
Re:Revolutionary Idea (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Anything on the router level? (Score:1, Funny)
I imagine he did it so he could split the replies into people who wanted to nitpick grammar and punctuation and people who wanted to discuss his point.
His point apparently being thus: "If you aren't part of your kids lives, and activities, you get what comes easy. Trouble and more trouble."
Now, get off his lawn! *waves grandparent poster's thumpin' stick* Damn posters.
Re:Anything on the router level? (Score:1, Funny)
Your meatloaf bites.
-YourSon!root@your.box.net