Versão MySpace para pais controlarem filhos

Ainda é apenas uma hipótese, mas já tem nome: "Zephyr" poderá vir a ser o software que vai ajudar os pais a controlarem a exposição excessiva dos filhos nos social networking sites. Por detrás da sua criação, estão as preocupações com eventuais abusos sexuais por parte de desconhecidos a jovens mediado pela Internet. Mas será o próprio "Zephyr" seguro?

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MySpace may launch parental software
Report: 'Zephyr' will allow parents to monitor children on the online social network as the service looks to ease government critics.
January 17 2007: 6:32 AM EST

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- MySpace.com, News Corp.'s popular online social network, plans to offer free parental notification software in a bid to appease government critics, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Parents will be able to use the software, named "Zephyr," to find out what name, age and location their children use to represent themselves on MySpace, the Journal said.
It would not allow parents to read their children's e-mail or see their profile pages, and it would alert children that their information was being shared, the paper reported.
The news comes as a group of 33 state attorneys general considers whether to take action against MySpace if it does not raise the age limit to join the site to 16 from 14 and begin verifying members' ages, the paper said.
A lawsuit would make for bad publicity for the site just as advertisers are overcoming their concerns about it, the paper said.

in CNNMoney.com