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January 16th, 2008

Stickam still flies under the radar

Teens turn to sites without monitoring:
This article from a local Arizona news outlet brings up a great point.
While soccer moms and politicians have their panties in a wad over MySpace no one is paying attention to the more dangerous site, in my opinion, Stickam.
Stickam is an unmonitored webcam chat site. To the unenlightened that means […]

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July 14th, 2007

American Teens Gone Wild

Voyeurs ‘R Us: What parents need to know about Stickam:
This is a great article from Amy Tiemann at Wired about every parent’s worst nightmare on the internet, Stickam.
Common sense tells most parents that the whole idea of live video chats involving minors is a ridiculously risky business to start out with. As Stickam’s corporate […]

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July 11th, 2007

Is Stickam run by porn company?

Ex-worker says teen website has ties to big porn enterprise:
Have you heard the latest? It seems that the unmonitored cam to cam site Stickam is run by a huge porn operation. Or so says an ex-Stickam executive.
On its website and in press reports, Stickam says it is owned by Advanced Video Communications, or AVC, a […]

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February 27th, 2007

More Stickam antics

Potential Dangers Of Webcams:
Just another local news article, this time from Philly, about the dangers of Stickam.
For two months, CBS 3 has been monitoring the website stickam.com - the latest in chat room websites that allow users to communicate using a webcam.
It’s as simple as hooking up your camera, logging onto the site, and then […]

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February 24th, 2007

FBI on Stickam

FBI calls popular new Web site for kids ‘evil’:
It seems that the FBI has the same opinion of Stickam that I do.
“I describe this as an evil page,” said FBI Special Agent Jane Brillhart, “The total webcam thing out there is just evil waiting to happen.”
According to law enforcement agents, webcam chats between strangers can […]

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February 21st, 2007

Stickam Strikes

Live, Streaming Website Poses Online Dangers:
Back when I first posted about Stickam I had the feeling that it’s unmonitored webcam chats would make MySpace look like an ice cream social. Unfortunately it seems I was right…
If you haven’t heard of Stickam, chances are, your kids have. It’s another social networking site, much like MySpace, Friendster […]

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