Chapter 17. Keeping Your Family Safe on the Internet

Note

Note

This chapter is intended for adults as it covers some fairly sensitive topics. Although there is nothing explicit written in this chapter, we recommend that you as a parent read this first, even if you are delegating the build out and maintenance of your home network to your teenager.

If you have children and access to the Internet, you need to educate and arm yourself to protect them against the many dangers that they can and likely will encounter. The Internet is a particular danger to children because often times the kids know more about the technology than the parents. This leads to situations ...

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