Good news gooda_llusiveApril 13 2010, 10:47:30 UTC
Glad to hear.
Unsure of the case for the benefits of a panic button anyway. People who are trustingly lured to meet ups are unlikely to feel worried enough to press it - a 'should I be panicking now?' checklist might be more use.
It would be far, far simpler to get this "panic button" provided as a bookmark in every browser.
That sounds like a wonderfully simple, common-sense suggestion which will thus no doubt never be implemented :( I suspect "Facebook panic button" is just more headline-grabbing than "Mozilla implements child-safety add-on".
If there is a contact section on CEOP's website, why not send them a summary of the key points up there ? You may become known as the saviour of e-children everywhere.
Although, as a_llusive wisely points out, the overall lack of panic when doing stupid things is much more of a problem. Maybe Facebook needs an "I'm cool with this" button to really set bells ringing.
Next best step might be a Firefox Panic Now! extension, and, I don't know, a Panic toolbar for IE? It could work out who are your local police from some geo-look-up database, and shoot them a transcript of the relevant whatever. I expect wimble could knock such a thing out in an idle afternoon if he were so minded ;-)
Remember. After the election, regardless of who gets in, there will be cutbacks in the public sector. Therefore all these little jobsworths, quangos and departments have been coming out of the woodwork drawing attention to the "valuable" work they do.
It will only get worse as the need to justify their existence grows.
Oh and of course, nobody in government actually has a clue how the internetz or computers (or legal aid for that matter, Mr Cameron) work.
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Unsure of the case for the benefits of a panic button anyway. People who are trustingly lured to meet ups are unlikely to feel worried enough to press it - a 'should I be panicking now?' checklist might be more use.
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That sounds like a wonderfully simple, common-sense suggestion which will thus no doubt never be implemented :( I suspect "Facebook panic button" is just more headline-grabbing than "Mozilla implements child-safety add-on".
If there is a contact section on CEOP's website, why not send them a summary of the key points up there ? You may become known as the saviour of e-children everywhere.
Although, as a_llusive wisely points out, the overall lack of panic when doing stupid things is much more of a problem. Maybe Facebook needs an "I'm cool with this" button to really set bells ringing.
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It will only get worse as the need to justify their existence grows.
Oh and of course, nobody in government actually has a clue how the internetz or computers (or legal aid for that matter, Mr Cameron) work.
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