Internet Crime - Unlawful images prevention tool - A black felt-tipped marker pen!
Today a parent asked me, "What is a good tool for preventing unlawful Internet images?" My tongue-in-cheek answer was, "A black felt-tipped marker pen to blot out the camera lens on your childs cell phone."
Many teens are using cell phones equipped with cameras to create and share images and videos of nudism and sexual exploitation. Sadly, the images created are sometimes felonies. Young people do not realize that once a digital image is created it can become difficult to obliterate. If the image is sent across the Internet it is possible that it will duplicated, sent to others and become impossible to eradicate.
Many parents notify law enforcement agencies after finding unlawful images on their childs' cell phone. Investigators often learn that the images have been traded back and forth between teen friends.
While parents should monitor cell phone use, obliterating the cell phone camera lens with black felt-tipped marker will truly prevent the creation of unlawful images. Although the idea may sound like blasphemy to cell phone manufacturers and to cell phone owners, parents should ask themselves; "Does my teen really need a camera-equipped cell phone?"
Many teens are using cell phones equipped with cameras to create and share images and videos of nudism and sexual exploitation. Sadly, the images created are sometimes felonies. Young people do not realize that once a digital image is created it can become difficult to obliterate. If the image is sent across the Internet it is possible that it will duplicated, sent to others and become impossible to eradicate.
Many parents notify law enforcement agencies after finding unlawful images on their childs' cell phone. Investigators often learn that the images have been traded back and forth between teen friends.
While parents should monitor cell phone use, obliterating the cell phone camera lens with black felt-tipped marker will truly prevent the creation of unlawful images. Although the idea may sound like blasphemy to cell phone manufacturers and to cell phone owners, parents should ask themselves; "Does my teen really need a camera-equipped cell phone?"