UPDATED!
A couple of typos have been corrected, and an extra point inserted regarding admin.
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One thing you can say about the title of this book: it certainly grabs your attention. I was offered a copy for review, and as online safety is an ongoing topic, and Safer Internet Day looming, I accepted.
The first thing to note is that the book is aimed at parents, so not all of it will be useful for teachers. However, if you provide advice to parents on this topic it might be worth making a note of this book for future reference.
The second thing to note is that the book comes with a free parenting technology toolkit (upon registration). I haven't looked at that.
And thirdly, the authors are at pains to point out that they are using the word "naked" to refer to several things, such as being without parental protection. That makes me wonder if the title of the book wasn't deliberately provocative.
But what about the content? I was concerned before opening the book that it would either be full of lurid descriptions with little practical advice, or that the advice would be more relevant in the USA than elsewhere as far as legal matters are concerned. As it turns out I have been pleasantly surprised. There are a couple of very useful tables of jargon, and a lot of statistics. Inevitably, these seem to be USA-centric, but the issues are similar everywhere so I don't think that matters too much.
Usefully, the book gives information about bad things can happen online, and what parents (and children) can do to protect themselves. One interesting suggestion is that where schools have issued pupils with a device, parents should ask the school to give them data on which websites and so on their child has visited. This sounds sensible, but as someone pointed out to me, it would be an administrative nightmare for the school. Also, I'm not sure how legal it would be for the school to pass on such data under the rules of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). I've asked a couple of people I know, and if they respond, and if they agree, I'll include their responses, along with suitable acknowledgements, in an update to this post.
I'm also dubious about the suggestion of putting tracking software on your child's device. I can see the logic, but it doesn't sit very well with me, and again, I'm not sure about the legal issues: kids have all sorts of rights these days.
On the whole, though, the advice given in the book is very good. The section at the end of each chapter called "What you can do" is excellent. The book covers a wide range of issues, including "sharenting", a horrible portmanteau word which means parents sharing photos of their kids online. All in all, this is a good book, and good value for money.
it is clearly important to ensure that pupils understand not just the mechanics of mail-merging, but the importance of checking the data that is generated.