All I want to know why is this allowed when there is so much of a danger to children that are online. I am in charge of her as of 3/20/2006 and she is nolonger with her Mother who got her started  with this problum and I was under the imprestion that this account was canceled out but I went to use my computer and I found out that she had been online without my knowledge of it til today I can only give you the email address I dont have her password for the my space I do have the home address that may have been givin and the phone number and her true date of birth.  My sister is the one who told the lie.
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Your question is essentially "All I want to know why is this allowed...?"\n\nThe answer is, nobody allowed it but you. You made a computer accessible to someone who you do not wish it to be used by.\n\nIf you meant to ask "Why are minors allowed to set up email accounts?" then the answer is, "Because there is no way to ensure that the person on the client's end isn't minor."\n\nIf you want to have her MySpace account removed, there are protocols you can follow on the MySpace FAQ (frequently asked questions).  However, it will be pointless to go through the trouble if she has access to the internet; your home, school, friends, the mall, Kinko's, etc.
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Unless the email prompted you to deactivate his account (assuming you had the access to do that) he's pretty obviously full of it.\n\nPeople often blame someone they know isn't really to blame.  One reason they do this is that they feel slightly less helpess if they can pin down the blame.  The certainty is more important to them than the truth.\n\nIt takes all kinds...
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Not at all. These people need to be stopped before they hurt a child. If you are worried go back to the chat room and ask what they do to keep you safe. I don't think you can be traced by the paedo though because of data protection. If you are still worried, contact the police and explain the situation and say that you are worried about it. They will do everything they can to keep you safe.
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Ya if you go into account settings next to where the picture is on the setup page (not what everyone else will see) there is an option that will cancel the account. You'll get an e-mail that confirms the cancelation. As for the online thing, your internet server should give you that option, but im not sure about that one, im only 14 myself!
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You have nothing to worry about sweetheart.\n\nJust tell your daughter that the internet is a tool, and like all tools you should use it correctly or you will get in to trouble with mommy!\n\n\nNow about your legal issue,...\n"It stated that she had been caught participating in an illegal activity and that someone would be in contact within a certain period of time."\n\nThis is NOT sop (standerd operating procejure).... I am almost speachless... there are too many things wrong to even count!\n\nFirst off... No one can know "who" you are on the internet. So how can one get in touch with you... The only "address" that your computer leaves behind when you go to a website is your IP number which your internet service provider assigns you. So, lets say for argument, you used your computer to go onto an illegal website and you left your IP address in the "web servers" web "log" records, No police orginization has the power or the right to demand your ISP (internet service provider) for your information.\n\nHey and also.... dont you think police would try to ammount more then enough evidence (rather then one day worth of looking at illegal websites), before tipping their hand by telling the bad guy "oooo we are coming for you, watch out!"\n\nwell at this point you might be wondering... "but how do the police catch the bad guys that I see on the TV all the time"\n\nAh,.... thats were I come in....\n\none word.  "white-hat"... (or ethical computer hacking). One can have the power to remotely access a computer and if they were to find anything illegal, the local police might suddenly get that information in one way or another... after the tip off, after a great deal of investigation, police serve a warrent with "probobal cause" and siese the target computer.\n\nand another way people get caught,... they use a credit card to pay for access to illegal websites...I dont belive I need to explain this one...\n\nso...  the message you got was probobly just someone having a fun time at your scared little daughters expense, and probobly nothing will come of it... (um do make sure you have all updates and also if you are not running a antivirus or firewall... install one... if they do have your IP, they might try to "break in" and sniff around your computer, this way, they can figure out who you are and where you are located.)\n\n\n\nwell hope that helps alittle
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i think you are just going to have to leave it!\nbreaking into her account is fraud.it is something you do not want to do!\nand if they are random girls.. who really cares \nnet drama is lame.. just leave it be
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It all depends on the situation, and I can respect your decision not to reveal it to the Internet. Nobody will be able to tell you anything with what you are saying. Kind of a catch 22 isn't it. I am tied in with the courts where I live, and I wouldn't give you any advise because that is your choice to make, but I might be able to give you some comparisons, if you will tell me what is going on. So you can Email me if you want to, my Email is on my page.
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Three issues.\n\n1) Your browser (either Google or Yahoo, etc)  must have some filter or equivalent security feature.  Make sure that is turned on and set to medium. \n\n2)  Your 8 year old should have his own screenname with parental controls appropriate for an 8 yr old.  So she should not have been using your screenname.\n\n3)  You might have some spyware or virus that allows a site to hijack the computer.  You need to do a antivirus and spyware sweep.\n\nIt's good that you are monitoring what your child does online.  I'd hate to guess what kids might be doing at sites such as myspace.com without adult supervision.\n\nGood luck.
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I've been on Yahoo since the 90s.  Before last summer, there were user/private rooms available in chat.  From what I understand, last summer pedophiles were caught in Yahoo chatrooms, in a room that was sponsored by a major soft drink corporation.  User/private rooms were pulled down in 24 hours, and the ability to make private rooms is now restricted.  Plus, as you say, your IP address is collected.  \n\nMy idea is that this is a make-nice token effort to do something, anything, about the problem of online pedophilia.  It's easy to just change Yahoo IDs, or login from another location or even own multiple computers.  However, chat now is only public rooms, although people can still use private/instant messages.  So for better or worse, since pedophiles know the law to protect themselves from it, I'm pretty sure that that particularly evil brand of sickness is still going on, unfortunately.  \n\nSo due to Yahoo's negligence, pedophiles' sickness and their natural predatory natures, the sick, evil people have once again messed up everything for the rest of us.\n\nK, longtime Yahoo user
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YES.\ni've gotten my account of 4 years erased... everything: email, answers, IM.... it was like a portion of my life had disappeared, because i had so much stuff in my email inbox and IM address lists that i could never access again.\nYahoo! acts as a big robot, thinking they have so many users that we won't care if one person's account is deleted for the slightest of reasons. but what about the indivisuals? what about the people's accounts that WERE erased?\nas far as i know, i didn't break any rules, nor did i close my account either (same as you). \nso why had my account suddenly been deleted?\ni got an email from Yahoo! saying that my account had been deleted for "security" reasons, and they didn't explain anything after that, which i don't get.\nwhat KIND of security reasons?\nwas i posing a threat to you, because i sure wasn't trying to!\nmy questions and answers were all harmless, pretty thought out, and took a long time to answer.\nand they deleted it all.\ni agree with you.
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I think that it is absolutely disguisting!!! As a matter of fact, I have a personal experience because of myspace involving my mom's friend's daughter, who is now 13. She met some guy off of there, thinking that he was a 15 year old little boy, and was sexually assaulted and raped because of it... That's sad, yes... We just finished court with that and he is now serving 2 life sentences for 2 different rapes and 200+ counts of child pornography, but I agree with some of the other people here... \n\nIt is definitely the parents' responsibility to watch and monitor their child's actions on the computer, but if they choose not to, they need to filter and put parental controls to ensure that their child does not have access to places that are not "age appropriate" for them. If a 13 year old can go to myspace and lie and say that she is 16, then someone is definitely not doing their job...\n\nPlease... please... PLEASE... don't let this happen to your children...
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HI! I am back again! I am VERY sorry someone reported abuse\nto me SEVERAL times,so Yahoo suspended my prevous account,so\nnow I have to start over with my new,and only account.It will take me a while to get back to level 3,that i was on.
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If you are a young person still living at home, your parents are responsible for what goes in the computer and your brain. I know all my kids emails,webs,everything, the net is a very dangerous place we must take care of our kids. Even though I have all their info I do not go into their accounts as a rule. I have adminstrator and check out the activity there. It is my computer that I share with my kids so I want it the way, I want it. Cool about the stocks how did you buy any? And your mom maybe just needs to be reassured that you are going to be safe online. \nTake Care from a former teenager,now mom ~A~
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I honestly dont think it's possible because the internet is so unpredictable and nobody knows who's lying or not.  Age restrictions are difficult to enforce on the internet.  I'd seriously stay away from them, but if you MUST use them, try ICQ...you might have some luck there.
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seems you've got more problems than just creating a new account.    Get some kind of parent program that limits sites your kids can go to.    \n\nThis site may have some more info....\n\nhttp://www.netsmartz.org/
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I think sleep, but right know I am thinking about how pissed off I am that they closed my account, I think I remember you saying you had your account closed once how long did they make you wait before you could get it back, or did you just stay with a new one? Anyways I am really pissed off and am not going to be on here for awhile so if you get bored and want to email me you can at vamp7816@yahoo.com, bye.
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.\nShe needs to change her PASSWORD to a secure one that includes numbers in two separate places, and NOT use information he can guess.  No kids names, doggies, birthdays, etc.\n\nExample:\none2tenhes1\n\nEven that one is too easy but it shows letters and numbers...you get the idea.\n\nA sure fire way for her to make her email unbreakable, is to NOT use a downloadable program...only use email "online" with a password required to get in EVERYTIME.\n\nstw\n.