Posted by axxxr
Microsoft has been persuaded to install a panic button in UK editions of Messenger,a mere mouse click will alert the authorities that an online sex offender has been discovered.
Press Release
The tab will appear on both MSN Messenger, and its replacement, Windows Live Messenger. As well as a ‘one click’ link through to a report to the police, each week, CEOP and Microsoft will provide a new safety tip as part of the tab, for example, how to safeguard your personal details or to how to spot a potential threat.
Posted by djtwistter
they r allways chaging it
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
what a joke, I can imagine the amount of people just clicking the button for a laugh, who decideds who a sex offender is
Posted by Sammy_boy
Not sure if that's a good idea or yet another example of the paranoia we live in at the moment!
Posted by axxxr
Exactly...This is the worst idea of all bad ideas,which will only enable every crackpot and prankster to distract police with claims that online sexual predators are pursuing them.
Posted by QuickShare
no doubt for my naughty fellow cousins will press this so called sex police panic button just for fun..
Posted by 50Cent
lol rightt....
not a very smart move imo...
Posted by fairygirl1
any of you got kids?? if its handled correctly, I think its a good idea. You dont know who is out there chatting to young people on msn???
Posted by slugworth
this goes to the debate of kids being allowed on MSN you have to be 13+ anyway by TaC of MSN/Hotmail the button is a bad idea because it will waste alot of police time.
if i had kids i would allow them to go on MSN cam n w/e else people may see me as a bad perant but kids wont talk to people because there taut not to talk 2 strangers at school and loose comunication skills i was tught this at college
kids get it drilled into there heads talking to people you dont know is wrong, and behind the desk is safe...
if i didnt use chat sites, MSN or anything i'd be a very lonly person because i live in the middle of nowhere and dont drive
Posted by fairygirl1
You cant say they lose communication skills because they are taught not to speak to strangers!?
In this day and age, parents have to be very careful who they let their children talk to, and its very hard to say "that person is ok" and "that one isnt"
I think this button is a good idea, if the child is taught when to use it and why. Everyone is entitled to use chat rooms, but there are some sick people out there who look out for children. THEY are the ones who should be worried about this button.
In my opinion anyway!
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
yeh, but fairy your out of touch, now allot of kids will just press the button for a laugh, most just as jokers, you can say teach them to use it responsibly but they won't. When i was youger i did lots of stupid stuff and I still so even if I know its important
Posted by Berry
Whilst there is an "age" limit on MSN in the T&C, its like an a child going to a 15 Rated Film and being totally under age. It cant be policed.
So the idea is good and potentially in the future something better and less exploited maybe the answer to help with Paedophiles...
The debate isnt about the Panic Button, it revolves around the juveniles that decide to tamper with it.
But more to the point, MSN need to creat a product that parents feel safe having their kids using....
Its about money isnt it?
@ Slugworth - Just curious, where do you live? Everest?
Posted by fairygirl1
@Luke, I doubt I am out of touch, Im in my mid twenties and I have a 3 year old!!
And while there are kids out there that will mess around, there are also kids that wont.
Its a case of if your child isnt sensible enough to understand msn, then they shouldnt be on it in the first place!
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
lol I duno its surprising most people have no idea whats going on in their kids minds. No matter what you think of them they are completly different to what their parents think (or will be)
Most kids are not going to be mature enough to be able to use such a button, you can imagine friends who get in a argument just pressing the button to try to annoy the toher waseing important police time
Posted by axxxr
completely agree with you mate...my parents thought i was going to be a doctor....they were absolutely sure of it,they even told the whole world about it....but i had other things in mind.
Every parent things their kids are angels and could do no wrong...sorry but thats simply a fantasy.
Posted by Sammy_boy
IMHO, teaching children to be careful online, use their common sense and to be taught danger signs that someone may not be who they say they are, or for any innapropriate language or suggestions would be better than a button which could be abused, and if it's abused too much then the idea would end up being abandoned due to the amount of police time wasted.
Posted by fairygirl1
No chance!! I know my child is no angel!!!!
But I also know I wont let her go on msn unless i am sitting in same room as her.
Just the way I was bought up, and will bring her up. Each parent is different I suppose.
Posted by slugworth
~ tmag no i live in a village called lound in nottinghamshire its about 7 houses a few bus's im 18 n dont drive so MSN/phone is my source of coms
the bus stop btw is 1 hour walk
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
@ fairy, the one thing is you can't impose on your kids privacy when she gets older say 12/13 otherwise you drive them away... thats the thing, I don't know when I started using msn at the age of ten I hated computers, I mean really hated them, but now I have over 2k of computer equipment easily lol... back to the subject, when i started I was always very cautious of it I'm not sure why but now I just add anyoen who adds me, its quite odd, but the amount of people who are like 10 who add me its quite scary, why would a 10 year old want to add a 18year old...?
Posted by shaliron
Come one, it's so obvious that this button is going to be abused. Never mind that we'd never or never have done (if you were 14), it's those idiots who'll waste time and render it useless.
It should be the parent's job to monitor their children's behaviour and should set limits. As much as this button is trying to help, the bottom line is that big corporations shouldn't be responsible for this type of problem.
Posted by fatreg
im sure billy gates has done his homeworks folks....
im not going to get into the debate about parenting...im not a parent..
and all being well i never will be.. kids eh?! who'd have em?!?!
hehe
fatreg