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When i read the new post 'facebook security' i started to think about ways in which social networking sites could help keep children safe on their sites and i came up with all sorts of ways, but the problem is all of them are easy for the child to blag their way through.
Maybe you could give in a secret question when you sign up if you are under say, 14, and you can only be friends with somebody who can answer it. So you know them well.
It could be 'What is your middle name?' or 'What primary school did/do i go to?'

Does anyone have any other ideas?

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15 Nov 07 17:20, by g!by well Suley im not quite sure myself to be honest. haha. but it wouldnt be that i was asked a question about you in order to be your friend. if you requested my friendship then you would have to answer something about me to prove that you knew me, otherwise your request would not be sent. such as 'what is my dogs name' or somethign more applicable to everybody. or they could create their own question.
you are obviously mor in touch with computers than me, i know nothing. so im not sure if thats possible but im sure it is. i think myspace and facebook just forget it because they want as many people to have profiles as possible, no?
then again they dont want to have the blame if something goes wrog because an underage person was using their site.
14 Nov 07 15:32, Edited on 14 Nov 07 15:33, by Suley lol, u 2 have good points.....

as a student and kind of amateur web designer (with experience in CSS HTML, XHTML, PHP, SQL, JAVA, VB, and a few other programming languages) i know that it isnt hard 2 create something that will ask questions and verify the answers and things like that but the big deal is what kind of information to ask "friends" or other users about the underage people?

do you get what i mean? - like if i wanted to add 1 of u as a friend then what kind of question should you be asked about me in order to confirm that you do actually know me? and what if the underage person wanted 2 meet sum1 he/she never knew.... would the other person still be asked a question or what?

can you please explain.....

thanks, speak to you soon
30 Oct 07 15:19, by Burffy I can't think of an idea, but one of the problems is that we keep answering questions related to our personal life... (I find annoying that some sites ask for my full postcode)

Also, if you are over 18, then chances are you are responsible of risking your own privacy, as information about these issues abound. But in the case of under age, such as 11, 12 and even 13, parents and society (cartoons, for instance, magazines and kids programs) should talk about the danger of the Internet more openly; as something that could happen to anyone.
Identity is something that needs care and protection (she says with my photograph posted in the blog )

Consider this:
You are a ?hoodie? (ha!) and want to do some deviant behaviour, find my postcode on the net, my phone number, you call and my answering machine tells you my last name and also that ?we are not home?!

A sweet treat for mischievous souls !!!

What can we do?