Re: INVASION OF THE CHILD HACKERS

[wac <waldoalvarez00 () gmail com>]

On 4/16/07, Stack Smasher <stacksmasher () gmail com> wrote:
> My daughter is 3 and she has had a laptop of her own since she was 2. You
> would be amazed at how much more she likes going to the 6-7 sites I have
> bookmarked for her then watching TV. Sesame Street and Nick Jr. are her most
> favorite. My parents where over a few weeks ago and where shocked when she
> not only plugged in the laptop into the wall socket, but turned it on and
> went to her favorite web page. Needless to say when she goes to school she
> will probably know more than her instructor, I believe that there is a huge
> "digital divide" in the world and I want to make sure my child is
> comfortable with technology that is CRITICAL for her success in the future.


Or... her complete failure. Someday the little child could be hitting warez,
mscracks, crackspider or maybe rotten.com (just to mention some of the most
known) going just out there or a more strange address you are not aware of
to look for the key to run that little great game that refuses to run
because is protected and... Guess what he/she will see ;)

I really doubt that a 3 years old kid (and I definitely don't believe in
that number 2 you said can even type at the keyboard) can handle that
avalanche of pornography and violence without burning/twisting their little
brain. If I where a parent I would wait a little more time until that
technology could be maybe critical as you call it instead of playing the
geek parent that teaches his kid to go earlier. Nope filters are not very
smart and the internet is WILD and only takes a couple of clicks before you
land on a very strange place. And we all know that. Given the fact that now
there is even emulation on that Is really scary the little monsters that are
being built out there. Hey sometimes I can't even handle rotten.com and I am
not a teen since quite some time ago. Some day I just decided not to visit
that website anymore imagine a little kid's brain. Hey you could even
misspell Yahoo or Google and get hacked or get the avalanche in front of
your face. Or maybe type some random stuff into a search engine. Guess what,
robots are not smart enough to get that kind of stuff out if their index and
believe me those guys are busier taking out competence and copyrighted
material out of the index than actually caring about taking out that kind of
content. Ohh I forgot, you can also download an exe and execute a little
*program* that automatically tells you enjoy hot fresh hotties. Sure no
problem the little hacker will be able to debug it before that happens
right? Ohh yeahh I forgot the antivirus will be smart enough to catch a
modified version of morphine or  Yoda's protector ;)

Regards
Waldo

On 4/16/07, Dr. Neal Krawetz, PhD <neal.krawetz () mac hush com> wrote:
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> > I just came across this article: More Women Online. The article
> > starts by saying:
> >
> >     eMarketer estimates that there will be an estimated 97.2
> > million female Internet users ages 3 and older in 2007, or 51.7% of
> > the total online population. In 2011, 109.7 million US females will
> > go online and amounting to 51.9% of the total online population.
> >
> >     Estimates from other research sources concur that females
> > represent the majority of US Internet users, ranging from 53%
> > (Arbitron and Edison Media Research and for Internet users ages 12
> > and older) down to 50.6% (comScore Media Metrix and for Internet
> > users ages 2 and older).
> >
> >
> > The increase in women online is only moderately interesting.
> > Particularly since surveys from a year ago reported that a majority
> > of Internet users under 30-years-old are female.
> >
> > However and the thing that really got my attention was the age
> > range. They say "ages 3 and older". What kind of 3-year-old is
> > surfing the web and using IM, and sending email? Between 3 and 5
> > years old and most children are just starting to learn the
> > alphabet. The average 5-year-old should be able to read simple
> > words. Granted, there are some online games for tots and is that
> > really the same as using the Internet? (Use a VCR or DVD player?
> > Sure and I've seen 2-year-olds do that… But a tot surfing the web?
> > Really?)
> >
> > All of this makes me wonder… How soon before the RIAA begins suing
> > 3-year-olds for illegal downloads? I mean and they have already
> > gone after a 7-year-old. (And the 7-year-old was female.
> > Coincidence? I think not!)  Also, with this many young females
> > online, I might need to trade my significant other M. in for a more
> > attractive model.  ;-)
> >
> > EHAP WATCH OUT!
> >
> > - - Dr. Neal Krawetz
> > Author of "Advanced Desktop Window Resizing Techniques in Ubuntu"
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