Protecting Your Family
Essential Protection > Privacy
It's not just your PC that needs online protection ? your family needs to be careful. Find out how to protect your family from the threats on the net.
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Chub and Turkey are in the gym discussing Internet chat rooms. Turkey loves using chat rooms; he can tell the women he meets online whatever suits him as they can't see what he really looks like. Chub thinks they're fine for adults, but not for children like his thirteen-year-old daughter Chantelle ? he's worried that there are people who would take advantage. Turkey doesn't understand how onscreen chatting could pose a risk. However, Chub argues that adults can get information and personal details out of kids, such as their school, where they go after school, their favourite café, etc. He worries that they could build up a profile of the child that they could then use to identify them. Chub also points out other Internet risks, like pop-ups that could lure kids to sites with adult content, such as gambling games. He argues that you have to be careful and protect your kids on the Internet - the same way as you protect them in the real world. Turkey turns the speed up on his running machine, falls off and breaks his ankle.
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Download: Transferring or copying files from one computer to another.
Software: Systems software such as Windows operates the computer itself. Applications software such as word processing programmes allow you to work on the computer.
File sharing: Accessing files on one computer from a different computer.
Filter: Software programs which can classify content on the internet or block access to content.
Email: Messages sent through a computer to specific groups or individuals.
Chat rooms: A place or page on the Web where people can type messages to each other and chat in real time. People often choose to remain anonymous and pick nicknames instead of their real names.
Links, tips and more advice on internet security.