Saturday, July 24, 2004

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 TEN WAYS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM INTERNET PORNOGRAPHY
1) Download the free software from
www.x3watch.com, and make yourself accountable to a trusted friend. The one I personally use is found at www.safeeyes.com
2) Download a similar program to the above, which is endorsed by American pastor Rick Warren, from www.netaccountability.com. This program is not free, however.
3) If there are others in the house, keep the computer in a common area so that the temptation to surf alone is reduced.
4) Visit
XXXchurch.com, an American site that offers advice and help, from a Christian perspective, on the temptations of the net.
5) Set boundaries. Resolve not to look at anything you think your husband or wife, for instance, would not be happy to look at with you.
6) Find out about and install filters. The big internet service providers, such as Telstra, Optus, Ozemail and Austar, plus may smaller companies, already offer filters and advice, mainly through the Internet Association's Family Friendly ISP program. Clicking on a little red ladybird at the bottom of home pages such as Telstra's
www.bigpond.com brings up a page of information.
7) Instead of Hotmail, use a free email service that is known to have fewer problems such as Telstra, Yahoo! or mail.com.
8) In preference to Hotmail, contact your Internet Service Provider and negotiate the allocation of a few more email addresses.
9) Get a friend to install a program like Net Nanny on your computer and encourage them to keep the password.
10) If all else fails, ditch the Internet and email from your home computer. Rediscover the joys of the telephone and the local library.

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