Internet crime prevention tips: Preventing pornography from infecting your IPod, MP3 and video player
IPods, MP3 music players and the video display devices that use files downloaded from the Internet are susceptible not only to infection by viruses but also to the surreptitious installation of pornography disguised as harmless images or music files.
Those who wish to share pornography can easily rename a pornographic image or file with another name that would make the file appear to be harmless music or video.
Law enforcement will never have sufficient resources to monitor every image and file trafficked across the Internet.
The following tips might help prevent viruses and pornography from infecting electronic devices.
- Anti-virus programs should be used on all computers and kept up to date. Keep in mind however, that while anti-virus programs will help prevent damage to important data, they will not filter out pornography.
- Parental monitoring programs and “spyware” can help parents monitor and track their children’s computer use. Some programs can be set to filter out objectionable language and curse words, but the programs will not be 100% effective in filtering out all pornography.
- Parental oversight is the only effective way to prevent children from being exposed to pornographic images in files downloaded from the Internet. Parents must supervise each download and review it’s contents if they want to be sure that their children are not exposed to pornography.
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"Think of the Internet like an endless big-city street. On one side of the street are educational opportunities, businesses and kind friendly people. On the other side of the street are pornographers, identity thieves, cyber-bullies and fraudsters. Would you let your child walk alone down that street?"
Dr. Frank Kardasz – Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force
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For more Internet crime prevention information see:
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s Web Site:
http://www.netsmartz.org/netparents.htm