Re: OT : Keeping the kid safe...

[Wayne <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hiyall
You /can/ go to google preferences to alter what gets returned on all
google searches. The default is to 'Use moderate filtering' which is
for, as it classes, 'explicit images' only. Why they dont by default use
strict filtering - well dunno. The only thing with that is its quite
easy to remove restriction by clearing your cookies - your then back to
defaults again. Oh and theres nothing to stop you getting to the
preferences and altering what you want to return.

IE allows you to filter on types of content - the only trouble with this
is that the method used relies on web masters rating their sites. You
/could/ stop IE visiting unrated sites - but from my trials - that
knocks out things like the CBBC's and things that are supposed to be
kids friendly. :-/

I'm now using Norton Internet Security Suit - which includes the ability
to set different filters based on the Windows account you have logged in
with and also keeps uptodate with its 'central list'. This is a
subscription based filter -but lucky I had a 90 day trial with the mobo :)

All good fun :)
Wayne.



Jon Whiten wrote:

>
>Use CyberSitter for my Nephew's PC and it seems OK.  It is a little
quirky
>in its interface but does the job and e-mails me a LOG file each day. 
One
>word of warning though, you do need to add a few sites to the exclude
list
>such as images.google.com, etc.
>
>In our case, Jakob, who's spelling is atrocious, was reverting to
Google
>images as it gave him simpler and faster results.  What I had not
realised
>was that Google caches the images and as such iffy pictures are
available
>without actually visiting any dodgy website.  Try searching for
"OOOOO" if
>you want to see what I mean.
>
>Regards
>
>Jon Whiten
>http://www.whiten.co.uk
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Phil Harris [mailto:phil@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 11:59 PM
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [ukha_d] OT : Keeping the kid safe...
>
>
>Demon Spawn has been bugging me for internet access on his PC and I'm
>tempted to give in if for no other reason than I want to spare the
laptop
>that is set up downstairs for Jo (my lovely Compaq Armada M300 which is
one
>of the best built lappies I've ever seen) from the keyboard pounding
that it
>gets when DS decides to play those ruddy games on the CBBC website.
>
>Anyway - are any of you running any of the NetNanny or CyberSitter type
>software and would care to post back whether you find it effective and
easy
>to implement/administer?
>
>Phil
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