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Warning signs of cyber crime * Is your child spending all of their time online? * Are they interested in coding? Do they have independent learning material
by Fuzzwah 11y ago
Warning signs of cyber crime
* Is your child spending all of their time online?
* Are they interested in coding? Do they have independent learning material on computing?
* Do they have irregular sleeping patterns?
* Do they get an income from their online activities, do you know why and how?
* Are they resistant when asked what they do online?
* Do they use the full data allowance on the home broadband?
* Have they become more socially isolated?
- user9982 11y ago>Many of these are just normal teenage behaviours and don't necessarily suggest a young person is at risk of getting involved in cyber crime. But if a young person is showing several of these signs, try and have a conversation with them about their online activities. This will allow you to assess their computer knowledge proficiency so you can understand what they are doing, explain the consequences of cyber crime and help them make the right choices. At least quote the rest so you don't misrepresent what they're saying.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoIndeed. The whole page seems surprisingly... reasonable.
- Fuzzwah 11y agoThe video was also very well done. I was really expecting it to be massively cringe-worthy, but it gets the point across in a great way.
- joepie91_ 11y agoPeople don't read footnotes. If you start out with a list of "OMG warning signs" and then add an "oh, never mind" disclaimer below it, then the average paranoid parent isn't even going to read beyond the last bulletpoint before confronting their kid. This article is extremely dangerous. EDIT: And when I say "footnote", I mean that more generically, not just with it being literally below the content. People don't read linearly, and will almost certainly read the bulletpoints before they read the text around it.
- thescriptkiddie 11y agoSounds familiar... * Has your son asked you to change ISPs? * Are you finding programs on your computer that you don't remember installing? * Has your child asked for new hardware? * Does your child read hacking manuals? * How much time does your child spend using the computer each day? * Does your son use Quake? * Is your son becoming argumentative and surly in his social behaviour? * Is your son obsessed with "Lunix"? * Has your son radically changed his appearance? * Is your son struggling academically? http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.12.2.42056.2147.html http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.12.2.42056.2147.html
- kintamanimatt 11y agoInterestingly, the UK government has edited this page now to remove the second and penultimate "warning signs". The list now reads: * Are they resistant when asked what they do online? * Do they get an income from their online activities, do you know why and how? * Is your child spending all of their time online? * Do they have irregular sleeping patterns? * Have they become more socially isolated?
- dTal 11y agoDoes your child watch porn online? Does your child make porn online?