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Protecting your children

Someone posted a journal today about women safety online (sorry, I dont remember whom it was)
Anyway, a couple years ago I got a call from a relative who said her friends daughters photo was stolen from her blog site and used in a terrible way. After seeing this persons journal this morning, it once again brought to mind this incident involving this child. Anyway, I wanted to post this because I think parents need to be extra careful these days. Please read the article. I am sure there are better ones out there with a lot more information, but I found this one first and I think the name is so appropriate. (guardians of their smiles)

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/fashion/25facebook.html
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377493 tn?1356502149
No I don't here.  I do have my security settings on facebook very high because it uses my real name.  I don't friend many on facebook, but use it primarily to keep in touch with family that is out of province or country, and close friends that are spread out a bit.  I am super careful there.  Here I don't worry about it much as we use screen names.  Most know my first name is Amanda, but that's about it.  There are a few people I have met on MH I talk to outside of MH, but they are all folks I have known here for years.  A few I have even met now.    But I am super careful here to not give out anything identifying. I don't think anyone could find us knowing my name is amanda and we live in Calgary.  It's not a huge city, but we are over a million people now, so wouldn't be easy.  

I've never worried too much about the security aspect.  I am now thinking about the misuse of a photo..that is bothering me a bit, I will admit.  It had never crossed my mind before I guess.

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535822 tn?1443976780
Yes thats it I have some everyone and some friends ..I think good to remind all sweetpea we then know our friends are okay ...I hope .lol
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Adgal, do you have the picture private so only "friends"(people on your friends list) on here can see them? That might be something to think about.

Any pictures I put up, whether on here or facebook or where ever are set to private. I don't publicly post pictures. If someone really wanted to see them, then they'd have to do that by asking me through a friend's request or for a link to pictures on another site and I'd give them the password to see pictures(on photobucket). Maybe I'm just overly cautious, but I'd rather do that then see pictures get taken and misused. That's just my opinion.

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535822 tn?1443976780
Yes it is and some of it is fear mongering..its up to the individual what they choose to do but a shame some want to spoil it for others .. this is the way America is becoming ...very sad ...my pics will stay up .I have none of children up anyway ..we love seeing folks pics its up to everyone to make a decision but dont be frightened unless you are really afraid , ..I doubt if many here will take the pics down . ..
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377493 tn?1356502149
I have often thought about taking down the pictures I have here of my son.  I guess I leave them because of the women that walked this road with me.  So many on MH supported me in the years that I struggled to have him..quite literally held my hand.  They were with me while I was trying to conceive, through every miscarriage, through a difficult pregnancy and celebrated with me when he was born.  I want to share that.  I guess I have to think about it...I never worried so much about anyone finding us...I am pretty careful about any identifying info.  I hadn't thought of someone taking his pic for other purposes.  It's sad we even have to think about this stuff isn't it.
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I don't post the pictures of the two young girls I nanny for this reason. It's sad to have to do that or even have to think about it, but it's a reality now that it occurs. I have a bunch of adorable pictures of them(been watching them since they were 2 and 3, and they are now 5 and 6) and would love to show them off, but I feel better not having them online.  
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1032715 tn?1315984234
This is why I am not on facebook and never will be.

I wanted to put photos of my grandchildren on medhelp but my daughter doesn't allow any photos of the children on the internet,now I understand why,I thought she was being paranoid.
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Yes, and I have pics as well, because that is how I get them now, the kids send them over the net and I have all my albums online now. Maybe I will rething that. Thanks bb
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Thank you! I love that you are being proactive!
We dont live the same world any more. The pedophiles are on these boards searching.
I wont post any of my friends or relatives children for this very reason.
I worry so much about these kids on fb--posting waaaay too much info.
Its sad, but when I see a kid on here and they have friends that are befriending them that are adult male, I get very suspect of the male wondering why he is befriending a young girl. There are sooo many horror stories out there, from photos stolen and put on ********* sites to photos stolen and used to advertise a child up for adoption., to some crazy person tracking down a child with the intent to kidnap them. Times are different and this is one reason I cringe when I read about these young mothers with little ones still at home and they are moving some guy into their home. Anyway, good for you el for taking action.
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1310633 tn?1430224091
This disturbs me on SO many levels, I don't even know where to start.

I post pictures of my boys all the time, and I've yet to heat from any parents, but I think it's time that I (and the other adults in my Boy Scout troop) rethink our position on posting our camping pictures...

Honestly, I hadn't even THOUGHT about someone tracking down our location with the intention of malice. I'll tell you, it wouldn't take a rocket scientist to figure out our meeting times, locations, etc, from the site it's posted on. Our troop has it's own website with ALL our troop information located right on the site itself. I mean, what else do you post on a BOY SCOUT website, but where you meet, where you camp, what you do with the boys, what kind of boys are IN the troop, etc, etc.

Sad to say, but I think next Tuesday (at my next meeting) I'm going to talk to our Scoutmaster about making a few edits to the site. We just posted all our Summercamp photos and videos, and it's truly a shame that I've even got to THINK this far outside the box.

We live in a sick & twisted world.

~vomits~
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