I had my own computer in my room when I was 9 or 10 or so. Internet access was mostly restricted as it made the single phone line busy and for a long time the

I had my own computer in my room when I was 9 or 10 or so. Internet access was mostly restricted as it made the single phone line busy and for a long time the ISP plan my father had was limited with only a few hours allowance. There were absolutely no filters and my parents didn't watch what I was doing. They just hammered in my mind that nobody in the Internet should be trusted, and absolutely no real names, no photos and no addresses. Stranger danger. By the time I had access to a broadband always-on connection, this was already set in my mind. Only years later that people thought that putting their real names and pictures on the book of faces would be cool.