Cell Phone Warns Parents of Instant Messaging Conversations with Online Sex Offenders.BETHPAGE, N.Y. -- SearchHelp, Inc., (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). : SHLP SHLP Supplemental Home Loan Program ), maker of parental control software A special browser or filtering program designed to reject Web sites not suited for children. Such programs may screen pages by word content, site rating or by URL, using an updated database of objectionable sites, or any combination of these techniques. See PICS and ICRA. , has enhanced the instant notification features of its filtering and blocking product, Sentry At Home(TM). The web-based program includes features to notify parents immediately if their children are 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 or in a chat room talking with a potential online sex offender sex offender n. generic term for all persons convicted of crimes involving sex, including rape, molestation, sexual harassment and pornography production or distribution. . Parents receive instant text messages through their cell phone as well as an instant email to their inbox, anytime the child is being asked personal questions, or certain keywords or phrases are used by either party. The instant text messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length. feature works with any cell phone provider and is simple to set up. "Predators are everywhere on the Net as reported on NBC's Dateline, The Today Show, The Oprah Winfrey “Oprah” redirects here. For the show, see The Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is the American multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated talk show in television history. Show and many others," said Joseph Carrizzo, president of SearchHelp. "Parents may not be fully aware of the methods used by internet predators. They are lurking in chat rooms and sending unsolicited messages directly to the kids. Even the best intentioned kids are subject to being approached. They aren't just instant messaging or chatting with one person, but today's kids are chatting with multiple people at the same time." Online sex offenders seek out children by posing as other children and use a variety of strategies to gain a child's confidence, all so that they can meet that child in person. "Sentry At Home makes it easy for parents to know what their kids are doing online and with whom they are communicating," continued Carrizzo. Sentry At Home chat and instant messaging features are so advanced that they report back to the parent within seconds of the violations occurring, in real-time. In addition, if the child is chatting or instant messaging with multiple people, Sentry At Home has the technology to report and log each conversation as it occurs." "Most parents are turning a blind eye when it comes to their children on the Internet", said Bill Bozsnyak, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SearchHelp. "It's hard to understand, with all the local and national coverage of this epidemic, how parents are slow to come around to notice that protecting their children online and keeping them safe from online sexual predators, needs to be addressed not only at home, but by our Government. SearchHelp will continue to push technology to its limits to ensure that parents know what their children are doing online and with whom they are talking with in these chat rooms as it occurs and not after the fact. It has to be Real-Time Online Protection and nothing less", said Bozsnyak." Sentry At Home and all other SearchHelp parental control software products are available at selected retailers and www.searchhelp.com. About SearchHelp, Inc. SearchHelp, Inc. markets and develops consumer products and software services oriented toward improving family safety and well-being. The company sells two proprietary software products which enable parents to monitor and regulate, both in home, and remotely, their child's computer activity through timely notification via email, cell phone alerts and email reports. Additionally, SHLP markets a line of consumer imaging products utilizing new and emerging technology through its wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. E-Top-Pics. Statements in this press release or in other SearchHelp communications may relate to future events or SearchHelp's future performance. Such statements are forward-looking statements and are based on present information SearchHelp has related to its existing business circumstances. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements are subject to inherent risks and that actual results may differ materially from such forward- looking statements. Further, investors are cautioned that SearchHelp does not assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements based on unanticipated events or changed expectations. SearchHelp makes such forward-looking statements under the provisions of the "safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " section of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. |
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