Re: MySpace to provide spyware to parents

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:24:33 EST, "Richard M. Smith" said:

> In a bid to appease government critics, News
> <http://online.wsj.com/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=nws> Corp.'s popular
> Web site MySpace.com is planning to offer free parental notification
> software -- a move that risks alienating its young users.
>
> Parents who install the monitoring software on their home computers would be
> able to find out what name, age and location their children are using to
> represent themselves on MySpace.

One has to wonder how they intend to verify that it is in fact an authorized
parent or legal guardian, especially if kids are doing MySpace from places
other than their own home computers.

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