➟ Help them to understand how to really see what
information is being shared.Most social networking sites show the user’s profile
photo, even when the user’s pages are set to private.
See Chapter 6 for more about how to spot risks in
photos or videos that you post online.➟ Help children in your care to understand the need to
be careful about sharing their feelings in a blog
because that information is permanent. Explain that
they express feelings in a blog in various ways. The
moods they show, poems they select, the music they
list, the pictures they post, all tell a lot about who
they are and how they feel.➟ Suggest your grandkids check out what their friends
expose about them in their blogs and help them learn
to talk to others about respecting their privacy.
Friends may accidentally be giving out their real
names or information that can locate them, such as
the schools they attend. (See Figure 11-6.) Perhaps a
friend has a photo of friends on her site with a cap-
tion indicating who your grandchild is.➟ Spam messages on social networking sites often
appear as comments. These typically include links to
sites, and young people need to avoid these like the
plague — they often place malware on your computer
or contain offensive content.Visit our Web site, http://www.ilookbothways.com, to
use hands-on skill-builder tools to practice spotting
risks in text and photos.224
Part II: Using the Internet While Dodging the Risk