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    • Christopher Byrne
    • Posted on Wed 10 Aug 2005 09:06

    No Jake, I am the old fart. My daughter will be 11 next year and there is no way I will be allowing her on public instant messaging networks. I have told her school that i will gladly set up a Sametime Server and manage it for them if they would like to provide a secure instant messaging network for students to chat with each other that will include transcript logging.

    If you want scary, read the mediocre book I reviewed recently called "Cyber Spying: Tracking Your Family's (Sometimes) Secret Online Lives" (see {Link} ). Talk about Big brother!

    In the end it is all about communication and trust, and signing a contract with your daughter about acceptable use (I have an article on this at {Link} free sample at {Link}

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