Child Proof Internet

Hi all, I have an 8 year old daughter who loves to surf. This is great education wise, but I do have concerns, is there any software out there that I can load on her computer to filter out the bad stuff? Is there anything that is 100% safe? Is this a pipe dream? Anywho, your expert opinions would be appreciated.

-Henny

 

Yeah, It is a pipe dream really... They can just use a proxy if they really want to see something...

I actually had to come up with a solution the other day for the network I set up at my mum's house...
Basically, I have an 8 year old little brother and don't want him looking at some of the stuff you can find online.
Also I thought it would be a bit of laugh to piss off my step dad

It was a wireless network through a netgear router.

I just chuched in a whole list of words that might be considered smutty into the ban list.

Now, no searches on those phrases can be performed. From anywhere, and you can also input a list of domains to ban...

You can see when people have had things blocked...

Also, you can assign certian IP numbers complete admin rights, so you could search for anything you like (From your internal IP), while your daughter would get a blovked message.

Hope it helps, although from what you're saying, you need a bit of net-nanny type software running on your machine.

 

hehe, I had to block my husband from getting to certain pages on the 'net. I was starting to get a lot of spam and spyware, and I know it wasn't because of me.

This was annoying as well as disturbing. For some reason, it really bothers me that he would want to look at smut.

Anyway, I'm using IE v. 6 and I just used the Content Advisor in the Tools menu.

Worked fine for me.

 

MM Don't let it bother you unless he is into some really strange stuff. Wanna get a shock? Go to Start-?Search->Folders and Files and type in *.jpg and clcik search. Go get a cup of coffee, come back in 10 minutes and go to view->Thumbnails.

Like I said, if its just naked chicks, be happy, he is a normal man. If it is something else though, you may need to have a chat with a psychologist

 

how can an 8 year old kid know how to use a proxy? what are we breeding here folks, robotic children?

I don't even know how to use a proxy. Actually I don't even fully know what a proxy is.

 

Erm... Well... Erm...

I can't always get it right

 

I agree, I think it is normal...but it still bothers me anyway. I can't help it. I think I'm the one who needs to go to a psychologist.

It's kind of hard for guys not to want to look at it when it's always shoved in their faces, either on the internet, on tv, in movies, or even on billboards.

 

Henny,

You can try BeSafe Online. They have a very solid track record and are continuously adding to their blocked content. It does cost money, but they offer a free-trial if you just want to test it out. They also offer an advanced servce that covers spyware, anti-virus, and some other stuff as well as the filter.

Hope this helps.

 

MorgansMom -

It's not any less natural for women to do this. My sister, girlfriends and even roommates' girlfriends have all looked at some pretty interesting stuff according to my history files...

I think curiousity about the unknown, the forbidden and sure, the scintillating is very natural. I would certainly be concerned if I didn't find see 14-54 year olds of both genders looking at this material.

I also wouldn't worry about anything bizarre you find - curiousity is just that, curiousity. There doesn't have to be any motivation besides a pure "I wonder if..." type of thought-process. Don't be overly dismayed by anything you find, no matter how much it might disturb you.

As far as filtering technology for adult content goes, the DMOZ has a good list of providers on their page - http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Child_Safety/

I do wonder about the effectiveness of the "safe search" features at Google, Yahoo!, MSN & Ask - anyone experimented and found that one is particularly good or bad?

 

My kids computer is next to me. I can see the sceen.

No software can do a "parents" job.

 

there is this software (http://www.net-nanny-software.com/) it design for kid safety and cost about $40

 

Spooph - Just incase no one knew it...

Hehe

Guys, check it out..

 

Exactly Sarah!

I'm more accepting now because I know that it is natural, but like I said before...I still think it's being smeared in our faces. I just have to live with it because little old me is not going to change the world.

 

So who's fault is that? His as a parent or the internet?

This thread is sickening me! This is our job, not a software package or AOL's or the internet in general.

Only a parent can do this job. PERIOD!

 

Yes, I can see this biting me in the ass in the future! I have visions of perfectness!

 

I always feel for kids with fucked up parents. They have it so much harder. They are more likely to fall into the hands of a predator as well (statistically speaking).

 

I read a news article a couple days ago about a group of elementary kids that were using google to view cached images at school to get around their school's filters. I can't find the article right now or I'd post it. It had been going on for several months though.