“Some parents don’t know the phone features they’re putting in their kids’ hands,” said Lt. Mike Bauté of the Florida Attorney General’s CyberCrime Unit. (Kalfrin, Valerie, “Stay Up-To-Date With Online Dangers, Officials Advise”. Tampa Tribune, October 28, 2008)

Caution children against responding to text messages from numbers they don’t recognize. Predators will send random messages to see who responds, [Mike Bauté of the Florida Attorney General's CyberCrime Unit] said. (Kalfrin, Valerie, “Stay Up-To-Date With Online Dangers, Officials Advise”. Tampa Tribune, October 28, 2008)

Don’t post the cell phone number in a public place, such as on YouTube or a MySpace page, [Mike Bauté of the Florida Attorney General's CyberCrime Unit] said. (Kalfrin, Valerie, “Stay Up-To-Date With Online Dangers, Officials Advise”. Tampa Tribune, October 28, 2008)

Manchester’s police chief says Google Street View is a “pretty cool thing,” but he can see how a child predator could use it for illicit reasons. (Hayward, Mark. “City Chielf: Google tool ‘cool’ but could be misused”. New Hampshire Union Leader, October 7, 2008.)

“I’m a parent, and no, I don’t like it. It’s a danger. I’m against it. It would very much worry me,” said American Canyon resident Lanise White-low, a mother of two. (Raskin-Zrihen, Rachel. “’Street View’ of kids too dangerous, says anti-predator group”. Times-Herald. October 4, 2008.)

Susan O’Mara of Vallejo said the technology has too much potential for abuse. (Raskin-Zrihen, Rachel. “’Street View’ of kids too dangerous, says anti-predator group”. Times-Herald. October 4, 2008.)

“It’s a big invasion,” [Susan O'Mara of Vallejo] said. “The neighbors can see into my backyard hot tub and pool from their computer. My neighbor told me she’s used it to search backyards to see who may be hiding her missing cats.” (Raskin-Zrihen, Rachel. “’Street View’ of kids too dangerous, says anti-predator group”. Times-Herald. October 4, 2008.)

As a parent, I don’t think I’d like it if photos of my kids were posted online without my permission. I understand that these photos are being taken in public places — usually from the street — but my kids are minors and private citizens and I think it’s up to parents to decide whether or not they’d want an image of their child playing on the lawn up on the web for all too see. Yes, anyone could drive down the street and see the same thing, but something about it being online just makes me uncomfortable, and that’s all that should matter. (Rock, Amanda. “Preschoolers – Does Google “Street View” Invade Kids’ Privacy?”, About.com, September 12, 2008)

“As the Internet evolves, the way in which predators prey on children evolves with it. We as parents owe it to our children to educate ourselves on the potential dangers by being proactive,” said Laurie Myers, president of Community VOICES, a child-safety awareness group. (Rowland, Kara. “ROWLAND: Invasive new technologies alarming parents”, Washington Times. July 28, 2008.)
“A potential predator could use that information as intelligence to actually find out where children are hanging out.” (Detective Timothy Craig, Manchester Police Department. Fox25 Boston. October 6, 2008)