# Security for underage users

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/security-for-underage-users/12783>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2월 17, 2014, 10:48오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/security-for-underage-users/12783 "2014-02-17T22:48:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![josiastobias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@josiastobias](https://meta.discourse.org/u/josiastobias)\
**Post date:** [2월 17, 2014, 10:48오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/security-for-underage-users/12783/1 "2014-02-17T22:48:43Z")

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I’m excited about your take on forums structure and organization of online communities.

I’m considering using it in the near future for an educational community for children, where children aged 6-17 would be the main users, perhaps a few thousand of them.  
Naturally I worry about their online safety, and how Discourse could be used to an advantage over existing forums.  
For simplicity considering an all-private discourse forum, what security features are there to keep dangerous people away? Such as requiring an approval or invitation from X number of people before signing in, or the absence of private messages all-around.

I know about the 4 levels of trust already, but this is not enough to protect children, I think.

Thanks

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