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Whycheproof & Shepparton Cyber Safety Informal Talks
Looking forward to attending two Victorian Regional towns to help establish establish the Cyber Safety needs of district.
Venue and times will be posted in the Future Cops Online Facebook page along with ‘Eventbrite‘ Registration links by Monday 3 June 2013, feel free to ‘Like’ Future Cops Online for updates.
All sessions are informal chats with locals to help identify current issues so that formal presentations can be held at a later date.
Looking forward to seeing all the locals on:
- Wednesday June 5 2013 in Whycheproof
- Thursday June 6 2013 in Shepparton
Other towns to be advised via Future Cops Online Facebook page.
Future Cops Online proudly sponsoring regional Cyber Safety Tours
Country Victoria Cyber Safety Meetings 2013
Ask.FM And The Dangers Of Anonymous Questions
Recently I had a client ask me about Ask.Fm who was concerned about her young daughter registering for the site.
Upon conducting some research into the site I found persons asking school aged children the most disgusting questions and what was more alarming I observed the recipients of the questions engaging in online conversations with these persons posting the questions where it got to a point the person asking the sexually based question not being happy with the response and replying with some very graphic language and name calling.
As you may recall I compiled a Blog on March 5 2013, where I advised that it has been alleged in a London Newspaper that Ask.Fm has been linked to suicides and from my observations it can lead to some very distressing posts being made and you have to ask, do our children need to be exposed to such ‘anonymous’ posts.
Upon researching Ask.Fm, I established it is a site where once you register you can ‘ask’ or be ‘asked’ any question and each question asked or answered is anonymous. Whilst this seems harmless, it is once the person being asked questions commences to engage with the person that they may let their guard down and inadvertently share private information that may lead to their personal information being posted.
Whilst Ask.Fm have a privacy and security policy where they encourage people not to share private information and to ‘report’ inappropriate comments to them and to law enforcement, I believe it is a site you need to monitor your childs activity and or discuss if it is best they wait until they are 18 years of age.
I have attached one conversation thread I found by just clicking on a persons unknown to me Ask.Fm link that she appears to openly share. As you can see it appears the person who owns the Ask.Fm site is a school girl and the person asking her questions in the open forum is trying to engage her to answer sexually explicit questions that are highly offensive.
It is here I am concerned that we are exposing our children to all these open communication channels where they and some parents alike are becoming desensitized to abhorrent behaviour.
Circle-no-questions (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A sample Ask.Fm Thread
Ask.Fm Thread 2
Cyber Bullying and Cyber Stalking In The Press
It is great to see media creating discussion around Cyber Stalking and Cyber Bullying with newspapers and radio highlighting what is now becoming more prevalent in society as we all become ‘digital natives‘. Cyber Bullying & Cyber Stalking has been around for quite some time now and with over 1 Billion FaceBook and several hundred million Twitter, YouTube and the like users it is not hard for the numbers of victims to this insidious behaviour increase.
As a lawyer and founder of Cyber Guardians Online focussing on Cyber Crime, I will endevour to assist all persons who are victims of this anti-social behaviour and through my access and collaboration with a leading Forensic Psychologist and a specialised Private Investigations Agency our team based approach will seek to make the internet a safer place for all.
Here is a recent radio interview conducted on Radio 3AW in Melbourne, Australia on 20 May 2013.
3AW Brad Deacon of Cyber Guardians Interview 200513 @ 12.10.wmawww.dropbox.comShared with Dropbox
In The Press
Removal Of Fake Social Media Accounts
Cyber Guardians Online have entered into an arrangement with a service provider that provides customized reputation management technology that finds, reports and removes fake social network profiles.
Fake social media accounts have the capability of damaging a persons reputation and can also lead to considerable stress being experienced by the victim in addition to it also being a form of cyber bullying and stalking.
For companies, small business, sporting bodies, NGO‘s and the like, fake social media accounts can damage brands and cause substantial loss to the business or entity.
Cyber Guardians Online will explore all legal avenues to remove fake social media accounts for our clients in addition to engaging this excellent service to ensure that reputations are protected at all times.
It would be appreciated if you would complete our ‘Digital Poll’ relating to this service.
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