Transcript TechMission Boston Overview

Online Safety for Computer
Centers
Bil Mooney-McCoy,
Director, Safe Families
TechMission
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Safe Families
What is meant by “ONLINE SAFETY”?
Safety: the state of being certain that adverse effects
will not be caused by some agent under defined
conditions.
Some agent = the Internet
Defined conditions = the Computer Center
Adverse Effects
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Pornography
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Contact with Sexual Predators
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Other Dangers
Pornography: General Stats
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As of 2003, 1.3 million pornographic websites.
(N2H2, 2003)
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The total porn industry - estimates from $4 billion to $10 billion.
(National Research Council Report, 2002).
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Adults admitting to Internet sexual addiction: 10% (28% are women).
(internet-filter-review.com)
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More than 20,000 child pornography images posted online weekly.
(National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 10/8/03).
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1 out of every 6 women, including Christians, struggles with porn addiction.
(Today’s Christian Woman, Fall 2003)
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51% of pastors say cyber-porn is a possible temptation. 37% say it is
At a 2003 meeting of the American Academy of Matrimonial
a current struggle.
(Christianity Today, Leadership Survey, 12/2001)
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Lawyers, two thirds of the 350 divorce lawyers who attended
said the Internet played a significant role in the divorces in the
past year, with excessive interest in online porn contributing to
more than half such cases. Pornography had an almost nonexistent role in divorce just seven or eight years ago. Divorcewizards.com
Pornography: Youth-Specific Stats
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9 out of 10 children aged between eight and 16 have viewed
pornography on the Internet, in most cases unintentionally.
(London School of Economics January 2002)
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Average age of first Internet exposure to pornography: 11 years old.
(internet-filter-review.com)
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Largest consumer of Internet pornography: 12 - 17 age group.
(internet-filter-review.com)
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Adult industry says traffic is 20-30% children.
(NRC Report 2002, 3.3)
“Never before in the history of telecommunications media in the United States has so
much indecent (and obscene) material been so easily accessible by so many minors in
so many American homes with so few restrictions.”
---DOJ
From a Kaiser Family Foundation survey of 15-24
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year-olds, a majority (59%) think seeing
pornography on the Internet encourages young
people to have sex before they're ready.
Online Perpetrators
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1 in 5 children who use Chat rooms have been approached by
pedophile online.
(Telegraph.co.uk. 1/02)
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2 in 5 abductions ages 15-17 are due to Internet.
(San Diego Police Dept.)
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76% of victims in Net-initiated sexual exploitation cases were 13-15,
75% were girls. "Most cases progressed to face-to-face sexual
encounters" - 93% of the face-to-face meetings involved illegal sex.
(Journal of Adolescent Health, November 2004.)
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Other Dangers
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Problematic Content
Non-pornographic Sexual (sex ed, fine art, personal pages), Gore and
Violence Pictures, Racist/Hate/Occult Organizations, Illegal Drug Use.
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Chat Rooms, Blogs and Message Boards
Many unmonitored, no parental approval required.
Often rude, obscene, defamatory, very sexualized.
Children tend to share personal and identifying information including pictures.
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Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
Music, Videos, Software file sharing is usually illegal.
Lots of exchange of pornographic files and other unsavory files.
Prone to infecting computers with Adware and Viruses.
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TechMission Safe Families
Focused on protecting children in at-risk
communities from pornography and other
dangers on the Internet
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Goals of the TechMission Safe Families
Program
TechMission is launching its Safe Families
Program in 2005 with the goals of:
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Providing training and educational materials for parents,
churches, and community organizations in at-risk
communities to protect their children online
Distributing over 100,000 copies of free Internet filtering
software
Online Safety Program Checklist
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Install Internet filtering software
Determine activities that will not be allowed
Develop and post Acceptable Use Policy
Train Center participants in online safety
Have regular participants sign AUP
Always have a lab monitor
Keep computers easily visible
Set homepages to kid-friendly search engines
Outline rules for staff and volunteers as well
Download Word Version
http://www.techmission.org/documents/Online_Safety_checklist.doc
Install Internet filtering software
OPTIONS:
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Client-based Filtering
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We-Blocker: Free
Norton Internet Security: $4/computer
Other software $20-50/year
Router-based (Server-based) Filtering
Monitoring Software
Good for accountability or added protection
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Client vs. Router Based Filtering
Client-Based Filters
Router-Based Filters
Installed on each machine
Installed on Internet Connection
More difficult to maintain
More complex to administer
Easier to have unwanted bypass
Harder to have unwanted bypass
Easier to enable staff-bypass
Difficult to enable staff-bypass
Adjustments to each machine
Adjustments made centrally
http://www.filterguide.com/ratings.htm
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Free Client Internet Filtering:
We-Blocker (We-Blocker.com)
FREE!
Windows only
Customizable
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Discounted Internet Filtering for Labs
Discounted filtering (Norton Internet Security
2005 for less than $4/computer via
techsoup.com; labs only)
Norton Internet Security 2005 is a suite of
products that, together, provide firewall
protection, Internet connection intrusion
prevention, privacy tools, virus protection, spam
filtering, and Web browser content filtering for
your desktop computer.
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1 for $15.00
5 for $34.00
10 for $56.00
25 for $98
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Router Based Tools
Zyxel HS-100 HomeSafe Router
$50.00; $34.99/year for Cerberian subscription
http://www.us.zyxel.com/products/model.php?indexcate=
1088622580&indexcate1=1088621451&indexFlagvalue=1088555542
Belkin Wireless G Router (F5D7231-4)
$60.00;$19.99/year for Cerberian subscription after 6 month
trial
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant Id=&Product_Id=179477
Linksys Parental Control Router (WRT54GS)
$75.00; $39.95/year to Netopia subscription
http://linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=610&scid=35
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Monitoring Software
 Doesn’t block, simply reports
 Sends email to peers or accountability partners
 Red-flags questionable or objectionable web site visits
 Impractical in computer center, but useful for families or personal
accountability
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Free Monitoring Software: X3Watch
http://www.x3watch.com
Monitoring Software
• FREE
• Ministry of xxx.church.com
• Regularly sends list of questionable
web visits to selected recipients
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For Fee Monitoring Software:
Covenant Eyes
Monitoring Software
http://www.covenanteyes.com
• $6.99/mo. or less
• Pricing for households/ministry
staff/businesses
• Regularly sends detail of ALL web
visits to selected recipients
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Determine Banned Activities
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Pornography and Other Sexual Content
Illegal Drug Use Promotion
Hate
Gore
Occult
Obscene Language
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Determine Banned Activities
By Type
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Chat Rooms*
Instant Messaging*
File Sharing*
Online Communities
Email
Games
* Not recommended by Safe Families
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Acceptable Use Policy
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Outlines responsibilities and privileges.
Should be posted, reviewed and signed by all center clients.
Needs to address illegal/questionable activities such as
pornography, copyright violations, drugs, gambling, sexual
solicitation, viruses, hacking, online harassment.
Needs to determine if different standards will be implemented for
children vs. adults.
Consequences for violations should be clearly stated and practiced.
Sample AUP
http://techmission.org/documents/sample_aup.doc
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Online Safety Orientation
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Orientation is for computer center participants.
Review computer center acceptable use policy.
Instructions for what to do if objectionable content appears.
Safety Tips:
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Instruct youth never to plan a face-to-face meeting with someone
that they have met online.
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Teach youth never to give out personal information.
For elementary children, recommend 2 sessions, up to 1 hour each,
1-45 minute session for middle and high school,
1-30 minute orientation for adults.
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Resources for Children and Teen
Activities for Online Safety Training
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Netsmartz (www.netsmartz.com)
WebsafeCrackerz (www.websafecrackerz.com)
WiredKids (http://wiredkids.org/kids/index.html)
TechMission Safe Families
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TechMission is developing an online safety curriculum for centers.
Safe Families Sample Online Safety Lesson Plans
http://www.techmission.org/documents/online_safety_curricula.doc
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Have participants sign AUP
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Keep signed copy on file
For younger children, a simplified
version may be used
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Other Practices
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have a lab monitor in the
room when computers are being
used, especially by children.
 Keep computers in public places,
with screens clearly visible to staff.
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Change Home Page
For computers or user names used mainly
by children, set their homepages to a kidfriendly search engine.
Ask Jeeves for Kids
Yahooligans
OneKey
Kids Click
Education World
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(www.ajkids.com)
(www.yahooligans.com)
(www.onekey.com)
(www.kidsclick.org)
(www.education-world.com)
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Outline Rules for Staff & Volunteers
Organizations are vulnerable to sexual
harassment or hostile workplace lawsuits for
allowing employees to view and download
pornography
 Organizations can be liable to copyright
owners for allowing employees to download
files without owners’ permission
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Additional Resources
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SafeKids/NetFamily Newsletter
http://netfamilynews.org
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Safe Families’ Resource Section
http://techmission.org/programs/sf/index.php
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Future Safe Families Services
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Free Internet Filtering CD
Internet Safety Presentations
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for Center Participants
for parents
for pastors and ministry leaders
Internet Safety Toolkit for Churches and
Ministries