If someone here, for example, sent me a PM asking for all that information, they'd get no response at all. But I can easily imagine situations where I would urge my early-teen daughter to to exchange brief, face-only videos that make some reference to what they've been talking about with someone just to confirm that the other person is what they've claimed to be in terms of age and sex.
Nobody who's sane gives their real, full name and home address to random internet people; the dangers of that are obvious. But if you want to engage with someone you don't know in a real way, both sides need to take a few risks at the start, so I see nothing wrong with giving your first name (assuming it's not unique or very unusual) as well as your general location and expecting the same from the other person.
Lying about age, sex and location is extremely common on the internet, and finding a fake photo of someone who matches those lies requires minimal effort, so those aspects of the girl's mother's internet safety measures are complete fails.
What if a person you just met online asks you for these?
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I think a lot depends on the context.
If someone here, for example, sent me a PM asking for all that information, they'd get no response at all. But I can easily imagine situations where I would urge my early-teen daughter to to exchange brief, face-only videos that make some reference to what they've been talking about with someone just to confirm that the other person is what they've claimed to be in terms of age and sex.
Nobody who's sane gives their real, full name and home address to random internet people; the dangers of that are obvious. But if you want to engage with someone you don't know in a real way, both sides need to take a few risks at the start, so I see nothing wrong with giving your first name (assuming it's not unique or very unusual) as well as your general location and expecting the same from the other person.
Lying about age, sex and location is extremely common on the internet, and finding a fake photo of someone who matches those lies requires minimal effort, so those aspects of the girl's mother's internet safety measures are complete fails.