http://www.internetsafetyandsecurity.com/internet-filter/how-kids-bypass-web-filters/ Internet Filtering, Monitoring, Spyware, Virus, and Phishing Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:46:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.internetsafetyandsecurity.com/internet-filter/how-kids-bypass-web-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-285 Sarah Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:49:32 +0000 http://www.momandpopsinternetshop.com/blog/?p=137#comment-285 The problem with most of these blockers or filters is that they only block known inappropriate content. The rate at which new pages are added to the web makes it an impossible task for filters etc to keep up. I am constantly looking for ways to protect my children and have just discovered a site that at first glance seems to protect them. They work on the principle that the entire internet is blocked but as web sites are reviewed by trained teachers and parents in person they then become categorised by age. They have over 600,000 approved sites. In your parent account you are able to block pages, allow additional pages as you see fit etc. You also can get reports about your childs activity see what has interested them. You can even set it so that when your computer is turned on thats all that is available to them. I am trying it out with my children and they seem to be very excited about it. So it seems to solve the problem. The problem with most of these blockers or filters is that they only block known inappropriate content. The rate at which new pages are added to the web makes it an impossible task for filters etc to keep up. I am constantly looking for ways to protect my children and have just discovered a site that at first glance seems to protect them. They work on the principle that the entire internet is blocked but as web sites are reviewed by trained teachers and parents in person they then become categorised by age. They have over 600,000 approved sites. In your parent account you are able to block pages, allow additional pages as you see fit etc. You also can get reports about your childs activity see what has interested them. You can even set it so that when your computer is turned on thats all that is available to them. I am trying it out with my children and they seem to be very excited about it. So it seems to solve the problem.

]]> http://www.internetsafetyandsecurity.com/internet-filter/how-kids-bypass-web-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-283 justbible Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:00:12 +0000 http://www.momandpopsinternetshop.com/blog/?p=137#comment-283 The Department of Justice recently unveiled new parental education campaigns. One of the PSAs, entitled "Know Where They Go," http://www.knowwheretheygo.org/en/ stresses that it is important that parents MONITOR what sites their children visit and who they are talking to. Studies by the Pew Internet research group and monitoring software vendor Spectorsoft agree - they show that low cost monitoring software products such as Clean Internet and PC Spy Pro are more effective than Web Filtering applications alone, in protecting kids on the web. They will detect if, and how, children get around filters. They will record everything they do - every web site, web searches (for example proxy). You can set keyword alerts for terms such as suicide and proxy and be notified each time they are found. The Department of Justice recently unveiled new parental education campaigns. One of the PSAs, entitled “Know Where They Go,” http://www.knowwheretheygo.org/en/ stresses that it is important that parents MONITOR what sites their children visit and who they are talking to. Studies by the Pew Internet research group and monitoring software vendor Spectorsoft agree – they show that low cost monitoring software products such as Clean Internet and PC Spy Pro are more effective than Web Filtering applications alone, in protecting kids on the web. They will detect if, and how, children get around filters. They will record everything they do – every web site, web searches (for example proxy). You can set keyword alerts for terms such as suicide and proxy and be notified each time they are found.

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