Personal consequences

• Most of the US population on the Web

  • Most children have access
  • School access and library access common

• Crime has moved to the Internet in the large

  • Computer-related crimes against children rampant
    • kidnappings , pornography, rapes, murders of kids
  • Personal identity theft and credit card theft way up
    • millions of credit cards taken per year
    • identity theft aided by easy access to personal information
  • Stalking, home PC invasion, small theft are common
    • several attacks per day against home PCs on cable modem

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