This news article says “MySpace plans to offer free parental notification software in a bid to appease government critics, The Wall Street Journal has reported.Parents will be able to use the software, named “Zephyr,” to find out what name, age and location their children use to represent themselves on MySpace, the Journal said.It would not allow parents to read their children’s email or see their profile pages, and it would alert children that their information was being shared. The news comes as a group of 33 US state attorneys general considers whether to take action against MySpace if it does not raise the age limit to join the site from 14to 16 and begin verifying members’ ages, the paper said”.
This news article says “MySpace plans to offer free parental notification software in a bid to appease government critics, The Wall Street Journal has reported.Parents will be able to use the software, named “Zephyr,” to find out what name, age and location their children use to represent themselves on MySpace, the Journal said.It would not [...]
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@ 18:36
A myspace blog said that myspace phishing is on the rise. and that was something that got me really scared. my daughter and i are into myspace. I have lots of old-time friends I haven’t talked to, and it’s nice to get back to the time where we can discuss business and our families, but I’m worried about my daughter. she’s only 16, and though we’ve advised her to be careful, still, it isn’t an assurance that she’ll never fall for sexual predators. Maybe I’ll just have to block Myspace at home for a while, and inform the school to do it as well. I don’t think raising the age limit settles the problem.
@ 23:03
Look if you want to be a responsible adult with a rebellious teen, get a keylogger. Ardamax or goldeneye are very good! Install on computer being used find out your little Joy’s password/Login info
done you will be able to login to Thierspace and read everything. I’ve done it and so far no problems. Yes it is spying but consider all the trouble that this scourge (myspace) is allowing.
Grow some Parents!!!
@ 19:01
There might be more fundamental problems in your family if you have to spy on your kids to prevent them from sexual encounters with strangers they meet on the Internet. BTW, if you are concerned about sexual predation of youth, less than 1% can be attributed to online interaction, and more than 90% to blood relatives, foster parents, and neighbors. If you want to label the source of sexual molestation a scourge, then you will have to apply that to the family.