My teen hacking into blocked site

Mech1

simple soloution: get onto there facebook account and change login password.

They will have to open a new account as they wont be able to access there old one, keep looking in facebook for a friend with that name, when it pops up a few days or hours later confront them.

ps also delete there email acccount and make them set up a new one.

This still gives you acess to there old account so you can watch what the frends say regarding this.

Don't let them know that your becoming more "literate" in the tech side of things, let them keep thinking you haven't a clue.

desaparecidos

Organise a DOS attack on facebook.

sdanseo

BengaLover wrote: »

Thanks for replies. Not worried about peedos, its rather more complicated than that and involves slight cyber bullying to a degree not to mention the amount of time they spend on it that should be spent socialising with 'real' people...
I think facebook is super useful but can bring about lots of unwanted aggro too that teens shouldnt have to face or deal with, life is hard enough without dealing with stress online too..KWIM..

If you ban it, you will be universally hated and they will probably be bullied more when it gets out that they aren't on it because their parent(s) won't let them on it.

Hardline parenting doesn't work. If it had been tried on me I would have left home at 16.

Tea_Bag

me me me i know a solution that works and cant really be circumvented anymore!

move to China!

i believe they've recently blocked out SSL, VPN and SSH tunneling too, so no problems there either. the great firewall of china is 100% free to use while you're there!:pac:

Feckfox

I don't think you should block it either.

If they are the bullies, you need to talk to them.
If they are getting bullied, you need talk to them (and maybe the school/bullies parents depending on age).

And EVERYTHING brings out aggressiveness in teens. If it's not Facebook it will be something else.

Pope John 11

Just on a different note:

I want use my current personal facebook login & e-mail address for a business facebook account.

How can I change my personal login & e-mail to another one

I have looked at the settings but can only change the e-mail to receive new facebook notifications etc.

jimoc

Step 1. Ring Facebook.
Step 2. Tell them your child is under 13.
Step 3. Tell them delete the account immediately as it was set up without your consent.

BengaLover

holystungun9 wrote: »

tbh, having them log into a guest account (non admin. account with limited capabilities) makes sense anyway, but as regards whatever tech solutions you find to block FB usage in the home at least (don't forget about school, internet cafes, friend's house, phones) this will not address the issue. It sounds like there is a huge gap between your opinions and feelings about your child's internet activities and their own opinions and feelings about their internet use. What's your worry/issue exactly? Is it that your child is not interacting at home, not doing school work, chatting with older kids, using bad language......there could be a million things. Do you know what your child is doing/saying on FB? Is that what worries you?

The problem is what OTHER people are posting on their fb's.
I have made some progress in that they have agreed to limit their usage, have me as a friend and delete the offending posters as friends.

Reamer Fanny

Might be harder for a non-technical user to implement but you can try OpenDNS it gives you complete control of what your children can and can't see on the Internet it works by routing each DNS request through their servers, when you register you can filter sites from the Dashboard. Try http://www.opendns.com it's free

P.S I don't work for them

Dude111

BengaLover wrote:

The stupid thing is with facebook that you cant delete your account, you can only de-activate it.

Incorrect!!

Login to your account and then CLICK HERE TO TOTALLY DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT: www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account


First remove everything from your account (Friends,etc)

superelliptic

BengaLover wrote: »

The problem is what OTHER people are posting on their fb's.
I have made some progress in that they have agreed to limit their usage, have me as a friend and delete the offending posters as friends.

I think your onto the right solution here tbh. Someone else said that if your kid is off FB then they may get slagged more - thats probably true, so allowing them access only during certain times is a good thing.

However, since trust is a two way street - heres some information to give your punishment that technical edge in case they disobey you


What OS are you using on the pc? XP, Vista, Windows 7?

With XP you can impliment any of the technical solutions recommended so far in this thread, however, Win 7 and Vista offer a much more robust method of monitoring your kids internet usage. You can set what times they can log onto the pc, what times they can use the internet, what time they can play games (and the games they are allowed to play), allow/deny them the ability to download programs from the net, and block particular websites entirely. The nicest feature is added via an installation from Windows Live, that allows you to create and view Parental Control logs that show the internet activity on the pc, and any sites that were accessed, or where access was attempted.

This is the Windows Live Application that allows you to set up what I'v just talked about: (Only for Vista or Windows 7)

http://explore.live.com/windows-live-family-safety?os=other

Heres some basic instructions from Microsoft on how to use the application;

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows7/Looking-for-web-filtering-and-activity-reports-in-Windows-Parental-Controls


Heres Microsofts overview of Parental Controls in Windows:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/parental-controls



NB: I should add, that in order for this to be of any use, each user (you, and your kid) need seperate user accounts on the PC. You should have the Administrator account, which has full access to everything, and they should have a standard user account, which has limitations in terms of what settings on the PC they can see/alter. This is essential because if your kid has an Administrator account (or knows your password), they can access the administrator account and turn off the Parental restrictions.

ShooterSF

BengaLover wrote: »

The problem is what OTHER people are posting on their fb's.
I have made some progress in that they have agreed to limit their usage, have me as a friend and delete the offending posters as friends.

I'm pretty sure you can setup facebook so that only your friends can post on your page. Actually I think it's standard. Maybe they have people added as friends that they shouldn't?

Edit I see that you are resolving that (them deleting the people as friends)

Can I ask is it yourself or your kids and yourself that find these people offensive?