Tools for teaching users online safety

Wed Oct 27 04:01:54 UTC 2010

Also the FTC has set up a comprehensive site to protect kids, including a
guide for parents on kid's use of social networks.

http://www.onguardonline.gov/

j

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 8:04 PM, J.D. Falk <jdfalk-lists at cybernothing.org>wrote:

> On Oct 25, 2010, at 6:13 PM, Alex Thurlow wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to find out if there are currently any resources available for
> teaching people how to be safe online.  As in, how to not get a virus, how
> to pick out phishing emails, how to recognize scams.  I'm sure everyone on
> this list knows these things, but a lot of end users don't.  I'm trying to
> find a way to teach these things to people who aren't too technically savvy.
> >
> > It seems to me that the fewer end users that have issues, the easier our
> lives will be.
> >
> > So what I'm trying to figure out is, is there a good site or set of sites
> for this stuff, or is there anyone out there interested in helping to build
> a unified list of instructions, videos, etc. for all this?
>
> http://staysafeonline.org/ has recently emerged as the primary site for
> all of that kind of information, supported by DHS and a lot of big companies
> (including many who send people to NANOG meetings.)
>
>
>

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