JAS Communications has become involved in several Child Safety projects which leverage our expertise in Internet-scale identification and authentication systems. Mr. Schmidt is a Technical Consultant to News Corporation / MySpace assisting the Internet Safety Technical Task Force hosted by Harvard's Berkman Center.
| Online Child Safety: A Security Professional's Take (html, pdf) |
A security analysis of age verification as published in the Spring 2007 edition of The Gardian, the InfraGard National Members Alliance (INMA)'s peer-reviewed security journal. |
| Why Internet Age Verification Makes Kids Less Safe (pdf) |
Although counter-intuitive, in security "something" is not always better than "nothing." This paper discusses the unusual circumstances where security measures actually do more harm than good and why age verification actually results in less security. |
| Evaluating Age Verification Systems (pdf) |
A basic taxonomy for evaluating and comparing the security strength of age verification proposals. |
| June 8, 2007 Congressional Testimony (pdf) |
Testimony of Jeff Schmidt to the House Comittee on Financial Services regarding age verification and geolocation systems |
| September 25, 2008 presentation (pdf) |
Presentation to the European Union Safer Internet Forum 2008 in Luxembourg regarding the science of child identity/authentication systems |
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