CYBERsitter Software Identifies Online Predator, Leading to a Sex Assault Arrest.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2004 CYBERsitter, an Internet filtering See Web filtering and firewall. and monitoring software program, has proven to be a necessary tool for parents fighting the evils of the Internet. As reported by Danny Perez of the Houston Chronicle, a father of a 13-year-old girl installed CYBERsitter on their home PC and learned his daughter developed a relationship with a man who said he was 30 years old. CYBERsitter monitors and records chat and Instant Messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or conversations, as well as blocks access to inappropriate Web content. After the father viewed the CYBERsitter logs, he determined that his daughter was in a bad situation. Police arrested a 44-year-old Continental airlines flight attendant from Florida on sex assault charges, who traveled to Texas with the intent of having sex with the underage girl for a second time. CYBERsitter, published by Solid Oak Software, Inc., was released in 1995 and has over 3 million active users. It is mainly used by parents and schools to keep kids from accessing pornography pornography Depiction of erotic behaviour intended to cause sexual excitement. The word originally signified any work of art or literature depicting the life of prostitutes. and other undesirable Internet content. In this instance, it proved to be the stopping point for an online predator An online predator is an Internet user who exploits vulnerable people for sexual or financial purposes. Children and the elderly are most often the victims of online predators. . It is the recipient of the most recent PC Magazine Editors Choice Award, the third year in a row that it has received the honor. Free trial versions of CYBERsitter are available for download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. from Solid Oak Software's Web site: www.cybersitter.com. CYBERsitter sells for $39.95 and is available directly from Solid Oak Software's Web site. It can also be ordered by calling 1-800-388-2761 or 805-884-8201. A proxy solution, site licenses, and educational discounts are available. |
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