Sounds familiar...

  * Has your son asked you to change ISPs?
  * Are you finding programs on your computer that you don't remember installing?
  * Has your child asked for new hardware?
  * Does your child read hacking manuals?
  * How much time does your child spend using the computer each day?
  * Does your son use Quake?
  * Is your son becoming argumentative and surly in his social behaviour?
  * Is your son obsessed with "Lunix"?
  * Has your son radically changed his appearance?
  * Is your son struggling academically?

http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.12.2.42056.2147.html

At first glance, I thought this is what he was quoting. I haven't thought about this page in a long time.

    Popular hacker software includes ... "Flash"

Well, kinda yeah.

Please, please tell me that link is satire...

If you read the whole thing it's very clear that it is satire.

It takes a disappointingly close reading though.

I read it very quickly. Thank you for at least restoring a small portion of my faith in humanity.

I suggest you look up Poe's Law. It can be very difficult to tell satire from the real thing when the real thing comes frighteningly close to the satire.

Instantly thought of this. Brilliant satire.

>Many of these are just normal teenage behaviours and don't necessarily suggest a young person is at risk of getting involved in cyber crime. But if a young person is showing several of these signs, try and have a conversation with them about their online activities. This will allow you to assess their computer knowledge proficiency so you can understand what they are doing, explain the consequences of cyber crime and help them make the right choices.

At least quote the rest so you don't misrepresent what they're saying.

People don't read footnotes. If you start out with a list of "OMG warning signs" and then add an "oh, never mind" disclaimer below it, then the average paranoid parent isn't even going to read beyond the last bulletpoint before confronting their kid.

This article is extremely dangerous.

EDIT: And when I say "footnote", I mean that more generically, not just with it being literally below the content. People don't read linearly, and will almost certainly read the bulletpoints before they read the text around it.

Indeed. The whole page seems surprisingly... reasonable.

The video was also very well done. I was really expecting it to be massively cringe-worthy, but it gets the point across in a great way.

Interestingly, the UK government has edited this page now to remove the second and penultimate "warning signs".

The list now reads:

    * Are they resistant when asked what they do online?
    * Do they get an income from their online activities, do you know why and how?
    * Is your child spending all of their time online?
    * Do they have irregular sleeping patterns?
    * Have they become more socially isolated?

Does your child watch porn online?

Does your child make porn online?