7 percent of newborns have e-mail addresses

[The Straight Story]

7 percent of newborns have e-mail addresses
By the time they are two, 81 percent of kids have a digital footprint


They may not know how to use a computer yet, but a recent poll revealed that some children as young as six months already have an online presence, including their own email address.

Antivirus maker AVG conducted a poll of mothers with children under two years old to see when they began uploading pictures of their kids to the web. The results, taken from mothers in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, U.K, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, show that there’s no time too early for parents to post their little tots’ pics.

According to the survey, the average age children acquire an online presence is six months, with more than 70 percent of mothers posting baby and toddler pictures online and sharing them through social networking sites. By the time they are two, 81 percent of kids have what AVG CEO J.R. Smith called a “digital footprint.”

The study revealed that 33 percent of children have had pictures posted online from birth. And it goes back even further – 23 percent of parents uploaded their child’s pre-birth scan to the Internet. Not that they could use it, but 7 percent of babies even have an email address set up by their parents at birth.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39560255/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/?GT1=43001

[Orrex]

1. I'd be curious to see how many pets have email addresses

[The Straight Story]

2. there is a pet facebook:

http://www.petfacebook.com/home.php

[davidinalameda]

3. mine might

I never know what they do when I'm not around

but I'd think it would be hard for them to type without thumbs but I have cats and we all know how resourceful they can be

[Orrex]

4. I'm not replying until you prove that you wrote that and not your cat.

[pinboy3niner]

5. Good call--it's wise to paws before you reply.

[ejpoeta]

6. i post pictures on facebook of my kids, but only my 11 year old has an email addy

that i don't think she even uses considering how little she is allowed online. or on the computer.

[MineralMan]

7. If you think that's interesting, Google baby website.

There are tons of places offering hosting for websites for babies. These new kids will have their own website before they can talk. Now that's interesting.

[pipi_k]

8. Oh sure, next thing we know...

fetuses and embryos will be screeching for their own email addresses too...