Your children / friends at risk of online predators?

I agree. Theres alot of online predators out there, who just slip in comments about their location or whereabouts, or find out what school they goto (thru myspace) and who their friends are. Its up to the individual to not divulge private data publicly. In the case of children, its the parents that need to either completely monitor their childs internet use or simply not allow it, if they want to be completely safe. Its just up to the person to make the right choice. If theres too many restrictions etc, trying to protect us, the internet will not be as "free" as it is now and will be greatly affected in a negative way.

I think there is plenty being done to stop these sort of things, sure its tragic when bad things happen to people, but honestly, to get caught in these scams and such you have to be pretty bloody stupid I reckon. I mean there is only so much policing that can be done, certain things people just have to use common sense about and take responsibility for themselves, rather than blaming other people all the time.