Re: ideas needed

[Kevin Shaw <kevin.lee.shaw () gmail com>]

I'm like that with my church youth group that knows the kind of work I do..
I just let them know that they should probably think twice about sharing
anything that may embarrass or hurt them or another should it be spread; and
that it is like telephone person 1 has an entirely different story than
person 20.
On Jul 22, 2011 5:52 PM, "Mike Patterson" <mike () snowcrash ca> wrote:
> On 2011/07/20 6:00 PM, CP Constantine wrote:
> > A good exercise for kids is sort of a re-work of the 1980's
> > dont-talk-to-strangers campaign. (which was basically, no matter how
> > much info they have that indicates they actually know you, still deny
> > trust). is getting kids to ask themselves, how much info about them
> > would a stranger have to know about them, before they might think this
> > person was actually a trusted family friend:- now put much less than
> > that online.
>
> One thing to be cautious of when trying to educate kids is the same
> thing that campaign tripped over. Turns out that kids aren't actually
> all that much endangered by strangers; parental kidnappings are far more
> common, as is abuse. Whoops.
>
> Something I see a lot (and this is a general comment inspired by yours,
> not an attack on yours) is ITSec folks getting *really* strident about
> OMG DO NOT SHARE ANYTHING EVER IT IS UNSAFE AND YOU WILL BE RAPED AND
> KILLED.
>
> Kids get messages like that a lot. About everything. They get
> overloaded, and tune you out. Hell, they tune you out anyway, but
> there's no reason to give them a real reason to do it. :-) So be
> moderate in how you present things.
>
> Mike
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