Monday, March 9, 2009

Software To Block Cyber Bullies

Technology has made mind boggling progress over the years. In this modern era new technological inventions are taking place time and again. Credit must be given to scientists and research team for the effort they put in. Software programmers are always in the game when it comes to new ideas and thoughts. I recently came across one article, which is nothing short of phenomenal. With virtual assaults going on the rise, a software firm has introduced a new software program to block out cyber bullies. NetBox Blue, the firm, has added the Cyber Bullying Prevention Engine, which can block, quarantine or report offensive emails. It is already being used by many private schools. A lot of the schools were saying that they needed to lock down the use of email, for the students, trying to prevent them from receiving inappropriate content and anything related to bullying.

Schools can implement a dictionary of words that are frequently used by cyber bullies, and the email is intercepted before it reaches the intended victim. You can imagine some of the words that might be in that. The program can quarantine it; it can reject it; forward a copy to administrators. It depends on how the schools are setting it up. This program will be very useful for schools and colleges to prevent the students from receiving unwanted emails from anyone.

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