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Friday, March 03, 2006

Site for young PC-security fixers

What a concept! Instead of having some adult know-it-all design a Web site for teens about PC security, have a smart teenaged person design it! You would think this intuitive, but it's actually unprecedented. Just-launched SORTED is the only teen-designed and -built Web site of its kind. It represents the low-key brilliance of London-based Childnet International, a nonprofit online-safety organization that puts a premium on the expertise of youth (yes, Childnet is a sister organization and I'm biased, but it's true even so). SORTED is an online guide to dealing with viruses, worms, phishing attacks, spam, spyware, etc. for teens, the people whose computers are most vulnerable to them – the people who most need to have it all sorted out (because parents are less likely to!). Why are the PCs kids and teens use most vulnerable? Check out this week's issue of my newsletter to find out. ;-)

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