Cable Forum - View Single Post

downquark1 · 24-09-2003, 11:54

The internet is designed for communication, if you ownly want kids to have resources for homework, perhaps you could just buy an encyclopedia cd/book.

MSN messenger is fine - you need someone e-mail address to talk to them, you need to know the person to get their address, paedophiles won't just randomly cycle through email address to find a child, it would take years.

I agree with towny, Microsoft has just said his to get the paranoid british public to like them. I heard from one of the organisations who monitor this type of thing that 'disconecting contact will just cause the children to swap their details before the site goes down' thus making the problem worse.

24-09-2003, 11:54	#12
downquark1 cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Age: 39 Services: Plusnet FFTC Posts: 4,948	The internet is designed for communication, if you ownly want kids to have resources for homework, perhaps you could just buy an encyclopedia cd/book. MSN messenger is fine - you need someone e-mail address to talk to them, you need to know the person to get their address, paedophiles won't just randomly cycle through email address to find a child, it would take years. I agree with towny, Microsoft has just said his to get the paranoid british public to like them. I heard from one of the organisations who monitor this type of thing that 'disconecting contact will just cause the children to swap their details before the site goes down' thus making the problem worse. __________________ "Knowledge is Power. Power Corrupts. Study Hard. Be Evil."