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Show that you are watching! If chatting is permitted, show chatters you are watching. A unique warning message sent during chat sessions to scare off risky and predatory chatters.
How does the security message work?
Chatting online is popular among children. It can be great fun and the children can make some great new friends online. The problem with online chatting is that it is generally anonymous, so the person that they are chatting to may not be who they say they are.
There are potential risks in communicating to people that you don’t know, and unfortunately some children have been hurt having gone to meet the ‘friends’ they have made online. It could also concern persuading and manipulating the child to undertake activities they would never do under normal circumstances, such as webcam sex. There have also been cases of children being bullied or threatened online in chat environments.
YourSafetynet protects against malicious chatters. As soon as your child begins a chat*, a message is placed in the chat window of the recipient:
"Caution! This user is YourSafetynet protected. Your computer and chat information may be stored for tracking purposes".
This message scares off risky and predatory chatters. The police, and special internet security organizations, can nearly always discover the identity of the chat-abuser with this information. YourSafetynet is the only security package to send such a warning message, and as a result providing a significant deterrent against computer misuse.
* Supported chat software: Windows Live Messenger®, Yahoo Messenger®.
