- Paperback: 242 pages
- Publisher: Microsoft Press; 1 edition (Sep 20 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 8120331079
- ISBN-13: 978-0735623477
- ASIN: 0735623473
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.5 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #790,386 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Your parents taught you to look both ways before crossing the street. Now, learn the rules of the road—and help protect yourself online with Internet child-safety authority Linda Criddle. Using real-life examples, Linda teaches the simple steps you and your family can take to help identify and avoid Internet dangers—and still enjoy your time online.
Help protect your family and learn how to:
- Blog, instant message, and play games without inadvertently revealing personal information
- Take safety precautions if you participate in online dating
- Recognize and avoid phony e-mail, instant messages, and Web sites
- Project an attitude online that can help detract potential predators
- Talk about safe Internet practices with your family
- Report abuses and suspicious activities to the proper authorities
About the Author
First and foremost, Linda Criddle is a mother of four. She works for Microsoft Corporation as a senior product manager for Child Safety, where she identifies emerging risks to children on the Internet and develops solutions for users and technologies. In just the last year, Linda has written more than 30 patents. Linda is an internationally recognized speaker and advisor on child safety and the Internet.
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Everybody should have this book, Sep 27 2006
By Sam - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Look Both Ways: Help Protect Your Family on the Internet (Paperback)
I was impressed by this common-sense approach to online safety. Through a lot of the problems out there involve kids and teens, the authors really drive home the point that everybody is at some risk and everybody can be safer if they use their heads. Then the book tells you how to do just that. A must for parents or anybody who uses the internet.
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A vital safety check-up for the whole family, Oct 18 2006
By Amy Tiemann "aka Mojo Mom" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Look Both Ways: Help Protect Your Family on the Internet (Paperback)
Linda Criddle has written the definitive parents' guide to Internet safety. As the executive at Microsoft who is responsible for idenitfying emerging online risks to children, she looks at the situation through the eyes of an expert and a parent--and then re-examines the landscape from the perspective of a potential predator, exposing hidden vulnerabilities that put us at risk for exploitation.Criddle's book is comprehensive and specific. She alerts us to the ways that we are exposing our personal information to the general public, including instances in which parents inadvertently give away identifying information about their children. She is knowledgeable about the way predators use the Internet to identify potential victims and groom them, keeping in mind that online as in "real life" a predator is most likely to be someone known to a child.
"Look Both Ways" is almost overwhelming in its comprehensive scope. The book covers the latest developments in blogging, instant messaging, and online dating safety, as well as fraud scenarios including financial scams and phishing. Linda Criddle has written an essential guide that will help families develop skills and sensible limits that will ensure that parents and kids have positive Internet experiences. This book is an eye-opener and a vital addition to every parent's library.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Must have book for anyone with a PC at home, Sep 27 2006
By D. Milstein - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Look Both Ways: Help Protect Your Family on the Internet (Paperback)
This book offers a no-nonsense, simple to follow and understand, approach to protecting your family online. I have kids that loves browsing, playing games and searching for content online and I am always worried that they might expose themselves to risks and harm. The book helped me understand how to protect them without having to bar them from using online services... a must have for anyone who has a PC at home.
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