Action News Tagged NintendoDS As Menace To Children |
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To commemorate the three-month anniversary of the launch of the Nintendo DS Wireless Connection, Action news posted an article dated 14 February 2006 about Nintendo DS being a threat to children's security. They claimed that strangers are taking advantage of the built-in wireless capability of Nintendo DS to lure unsuspecting children to dangerous places.The article's claim was backed up by Internet Safety Expert, Keth Dunn, saying:
"Predators are using Nintendo DS anywhere in the world. And it's going to be really hard to track down those individuals because of course, they're on a wireless network from a hotspot such as a coffee shop. Or if they're in a wireless environment, say a coffee shop or whatever, they jump on the wireless network so now you have predators who are trying to get at our kids."
The article was posted to warn parents who buy Nintendo DS for their kids, thinking that it was only a toy. Since Nintendo DS is like a mini-computer that has built-in wireless capability, kids can battle fellow Nintendo DS players across the room or across the world. And without knowing it, they can be giving personal information about themselves or about their family to complete strangers. As it applies with any other device that allows interactions and networking with other users through internet or other wireless connections, Nintendo DS comes with a great responsibility, not only for users but also for parents. Parents must realise that these wireless gaming devices are not just simple toys. And for the users, don't trust strangers with personal information.
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Comments [refresh]
1) the person must be within range...LOOK AROUND YOU!!
2) Picto-chat doesnt work on Wi-Fi Connection
3) The games themselves require freinds codes to chat...
4) LOOK AROUND YOU and take a heavy object to who ever is scoping out your kid.
5) Teach your kid to not talk to strangers
#1 beat me to it :(
Nuff said.
Yep theres really nothing more to say, these people are misinformed jerks.
if your kid is stupid enough too go met some guy then let them. if you didn't teach them not to talk to strangers than you shouldn't be a parent in the first place.
what the hell?!! you have to have a friend code to be able to play people and they should be more concerned about xb live then this.
Aside from the fact that it's totally ridiculous for predators to be using the WiFi service as a hunting ground because of the systems layout... It's no more dangerous than letting your kid on a computer. They're just making a big deal because the DS is a "childs toy" that *GASP!* has the ability to connect to the internet!
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no Ds game lets you chat online wtf. Preditors will never use the ds to rape kids simply because its impossible to chat on nintendo wifi no games or apps that work online will ever suport chatting these people are fuucking stuipid
on animal crossing all the time. post #1 had it covered though. but to #9, it is possible to chat online w/a ds game, but all parties involved need to have everyone elses 12 character long friend code (which includes both letters and numbers). you're kid is in more danger with a telephone in reach (only 10 numbers).
nm, no letters in friend keys, either way, still safer than a telephone
Can you imagine trying to lure ANYONE by tapping out message with a bloody stylus?
I don't think you need to worry about kids. By the time someone has finished tapping out their messages to lure them, they'll be an adult...
Lmao.. this is ridculous.
can this be the Dumbest most overblown story of the year????
If people are going to try and frighten people at least say they've covered online PSP games too. Oh god...how dumb.
this is a 6 month old story(or something like that) that was revealed to be brought up by sony to make a story to concern parents and to make them stop buying DS
it was all revealed a while back
Journalism is 50% lies or personal opinion so take it with a grain of salt.
The journalist who wrote this is talking out his ass..
kids don't know how to use wifi so the author has an ass not a mouth
QJ only made it worse by using words like "menace" and... uhh... "children". Yet another case of soccer moms overblowing one incident after another.
U FCKUERS are so FCKIN RETARDED. u need a ***** FRIEND CODE to chat and ***** on games. Like #1 said PIctochat works only 100 ft from you so beat the living ***** out of micahel jackson if u see him. This is a *****ING EXAMPLE OF HOW *****ING MISIN*****INGFO RMED THE *****ING MEDIA IS WHEN THEY AIN'T NO ***** SO THEY MAKE SUMK ***** UP
im sorry for riting in caps but ur child will be exposed to a pedophile on myspace not a ds i totally agree with number 20 it's just soccer moms and qj is actually agreeing with them ***** u QJ
#1 said it all. nuff said
this is so retarded
Zzz why the fk would people keep blaming sony for "Bringing" it up...in the article the persons name is written on the article.
And if your kid is stupid enough to give out personal information to strangers or "Internet buddies" then parents only have themselves to blame for not teaching their kids not to talk/give information to strangers=]
Come to think of it a mobile phone is more "dangerous" then a DS anyday.
Keth Dunn = *****