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Please, please tell me that link is satire...
If you read the whole thing it's very clear that it is satire.
It takes a disappointingly close reading though.
Warning signs of cyber crime according to UK National Crime Agency
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Please, please tell me that link is satire...
If you read the whole thing it's very clear that it is satire.
I suggest you look up Poe's Law. It can be very difficult to tell satire from the real thing when the real thing comes frighteningly close to the satire.
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#34Warning signs of cyber crime * Is your child spending all of their time online? * Are they interested in coding? Do they have independent learning material on computing? * Do they have irregular sleeping patterns? * Do they get an income from their online activities, do you know why and how? * Are they resistant when asked what they do online? * Do they use the full data allowance on the home broadband? * Have they b…
Interestingly, the UK government has edited this page now to remove the second and penultimate "warning signs".
The list now reads:
* Are they resistant when asked what they do online?
* Do they get an income from their online activities, do you know why and how?
* Is your child spending all of their time online?
* Do they have irregular sleeping patterns?
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#35When I was a kid there was basically the same list, but for Dungeons & Dragons, which was a gateway to satanism doncha know...
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#36Warning signs of cyber crime * Is your child spending all of their time online? * Are they interested in coding? Do they have independent learning material on computing? * Do they have irregular sleeping patterns? * Do they get an income from their online activities, do you know why and how? * Are they resistant when asked what they do online? * Do they use the full data allowance on the home broadband? * Have they b…
Sounds familiar... * Has your son asked you to change ISPs? * Are you finding programs on your computer that you don't remember installing? * Has your child asked for new hardware? * Does your child read hacking manuals? * How much time does your child spend using the computer each day? * Does your son use Quake? * Is your son becoming argumentative and surly in his social behaviour? * Is your son obsessed with "Luni…
Instantly thought of this. Brilliant satire.
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#37Warning signs of cyber crime * Is your child spending all of their time online? * Are they interested in coding? Do they have independent learning material on computing? * Do they have irregular sleeping patterns? * Do they get an income from their online activities, do you know why and how? * Are they resistant when asked what they do online? * Do they use the full data allowance on the home broadband? * Have they b…
Interestingly, the UK government has edited this page now to remove the second and penultimate "warning signs". The list now reads: * Are they resistant when asked what they do online? * Do they get an income from their online activities, do you know why and how? * Is your child spending all of their time online? * Do they have irregular sleeping patterns? * Have they become more socially isolated?
Does your child watch porn online?
Does your child make porn online?
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#38Apologies for veering slightly off-topic and the pedantry. Is 'cyber' actually used by technically competent folk now? It's been cropping up alot with the 'cyber' crime, 'cyber' attacks happening in 'cyber' space recently, needing improved 'cyber' security skills. Usually the term's reserved for either mass-media outlets, or people trying to scare you.
"Cyber" is used heavily in the industry, much to my chagrin. I wage a minor war of replacing "Cybersecurity" with "Information Security" anywhere I can. I once kept a list of every cyber-* I heard at an industry conference with the idea of making Conference Cyberbingo. Notable entries included "cybertactics," "cyberstrategy," "cyberthreat".
> I wage a minor war of replacing "Cybersecurity" with "Information Security" anywhere I can.
For some reason, both of these terms make me grate my teeth!
I imagine it has something to do with only hearing "cyber" being used by people who are woefully out of date, and "Infomation Security" by people who are actually marketers that can use a computer...
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#39Warning signs of cyber crime * Is your child spending all of their time online? * Are they interested in coding? Do they have independent learning material on computing? * Do they have irregular sleeping patterns? * Do they get an income from their online activities, do you know why and how? * Are they resistant when asked what they do online? * Do they use the full data allowance on the home broadband? * Have they b…
>Many of these are just normal teenage behaviours and don't necessarily suggest a young person is at risk of getting involved in cyber crime. But if a young person is showing several of these signs, try and have a conversation with them about their online activities. This will allow you to assess their computer knowledge proficiency so you can understand what they are doing, explain the consequences of cyber crime an…
People don't read footnotes. If you start out with a list of "OMG warning signs" and then add an "oh, never mind" disclaimer below it, then the average paranoid parent isn't even going to read beyond the last bulletpoint before confronting their kid.
This article is extremely dangerous.
EDIT: And when I say "footnote", I mean that more generically, not just with it being literally below the content. People don't read linearly, and will almost certainly read the bulletpoints before they read the text around it.