[LM_NET] Follow-up on bypassing the filter

[Nancy Willard <nwillard@CSRIU.ORG>]

In relation to my prior email, I remain interested in more insight into how
and when students are able to bypass the filter.

I have long been a proponent of more effective monitoring of student actions
on school computers. Sometimes people raise concerns about privacy. I think
it is pretty important to make students aware that on some computer systems
they simply should have no expectation of privacy and should govern their
decisions accordingly.

This is from a Washington Post article
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/19/AR2007051900
317.html?referrer=email:

· Seventy-six percent of organizations monitor employee Web site
connections.

· Sixty-five percent use software to block connections.

· Thirty-six percent of employers use technology to track content and/or
keystrokes.

· Fifty-five percent retain and review e-mail.

"Employers are increasingly taking monitoring and surveillance seriously,
primarily because of legitimate legal liabilities,"

I suggest that better monitoring at schools will prepare them with the
understanding necessary to use the Internet appropriately when they get into
the workforce.

Nancy

-- 
Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D.
Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
http://csriu.org
http://cyberbully.org
http://cyber-safe-kids.com
nwillard@csriu.org

Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding to the Challenge of Online Social
Aggression, Threats, and Distress (Research Press)

Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens: Helping Young People Learn to Use the
Internet Safely and Responsibly (Jossey-Bass)

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