ONLINE THREATS: PORTABLE DEVICES
We are an on-the-go society, and our kids lead the way. But, today's portable devices, often connected to the Internet, also bring unintended capabilities to our kids:
• Cell phones can access specially created "cell-friendly" porn sites.
• Any handheld device that plays movies can store and play pornography.
• Kids now engage in "sexting", where risque text messages, sexual
pictures/videos, and live "cell sex" are shared.
• Depending upon the state, this can run afoul of child pornography laws!
• Children's inexperience can result in their enticement into scams or undesired programs,
with one girl running up a $10,000 text messaging bill!
• Systems that can play media (SD cards, USB sticks, etc.) can be used to view illicit material previously
obtained online.
Let us educate your parents on how to make gaming safer!