INTERNET SAFETY: New Challenges in Protecting God’s Children Online
2007 National Safe Environment Leadership Conference
by Robert Hugh Farley
Robert Hugh Farley M.S. Consultant in Crimes …against Children Chicago, IL USA www.RFarley.com
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VIRTUS and RFarley.com 1 CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CRIMES
z Opportunity
z Desire
z Children are perfect victims
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THE ONLINE CHILD MOLESTER
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CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IS AN OLD CRIME
Computers … z New technique for molesters to gain access to children z New tools z New evidence
But it’s still the same old crime !
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VIRTUS and RFarley.com 2 NEW PROGRAM FOR 2007
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EVOLUTION OF ONLINE CRIMES
z Text dialogue
z Still images
z Moving images
z Real times images
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WEBCAM AND “REAL TIME” PROBLEMS FOR CHILDREN
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VIRTUS and RFarley.com 3 WEBCAM CASE ILLUSTRATION “MENO”
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CHILD EXPLOITATION HISTORY
Beyond Computers ….
z Cell phones
z Text messaging –SMS
z Internet access
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TEXT MESSAGES
Do yur kds snd msgz lik DIS 1?
Try texting this back
U r like so grounded 4ever cya
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VIRTUS and RFarley.com 4 IDENTIFICATION OF COMPUTER TERMS
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COMPUTER HARDWARE
z System box or base unit z Monitor z Keyboard z Pointing device z Audio devices z Printer
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MOLESTER PERIPHERALS
z Scanners z Digital cameras z Video devices
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VIRTUS and RFarley.com 5 CHILD MOLESTER COLLECTIONS
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ELEMENTS OF THE COLLECTION
z Child erotica z Child pornography z Trophies
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DOWNLOAD A FILE
z Received from an external source z Storage - hard drive vs. other media
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VIRTUS and RFarley.com 6 WEB PAGE DANGERS FOR CHILDREN
z myspace.com z facebook.com z hotornot.com z livejournal.com z xanga.com z ratemyteacher.com
www.RFarley.com z Gaming sites
CHAT ROOMS
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CHATTING LIKE A CHILD
Emoticons and Smileys
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VIRTUS and RFarley.com 7 TOURING CYBERSPACE
The Internet ……
z World Wide Web (www)
z Usenet Newsgroups
z Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
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INTERNET RELAY CHAT “IRC” CHANNELS
z mIRC shareware software z DALnet z Undernet z EFnet z A chatroom is a channel z “Fserve”
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VIRTUS and RFarley.com 8 ONLINE MOLESTER SEDUCTION TECHNIQUES
z Assumes a child or teen identity z Bogus profile z Pretends to care about children z Language z Asks for personal information z Requests photos z Talks about family/friends z Telephone contact z Wants to meet
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ONLINE “REAL VICTIMS” CASE ILLUSTRATION “TOMMY”
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ThankThank youyou !!
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