Internet Explorer options for protecting kids online.

alanwjones

I've just bought my 12year old granddaughter a new laptop with Vista home installed, While she's waiting for her broadband to be installed I would like to polish up on what I need to do to limit what she sees online, I know in windows you can set the Content advisor in IE to limit some categories,
Are the settings the same in Vista, is there anything else I should be thinking of other than having her parents looking over her shoulder while she's online ? All constructive comments as to making her online experience a safer one would be appreciated, Alan.

elvch01

MY sister uses bluecoat K9 protection. Free & very good. I am more draconian in that I don't block any sites at all, but have a full keylogger and also take screenshots at 10sec intervals

terafarma

Been using K9 Bluecoat Protection for the past 4/5 years, can't fault it. My children hate it, I love it, as it does exactly what it's meant to do, protect them online.

Strider590

It's really really hard to stop kids doing things they shouldn't online.

The fact is.... they should NOT be using a PC without occasional to moderate supervision at all!!!

People are afraid to let their kids play in the street, walk to school or go anywhere alone.
Yet they are in far greater danger from perverts, criminals and bad people when they're surfing the web. They're being allowed to play violent video games like "Grand theft auto (18)" and "Man hunt (18)" (sorry Rockstar) as young as the age of 5 years, and the parents response always seems to be "oh it's only a game, what harm can it do?".
There are also free games online that kids absolutely love to play, im just not sure that firing a kitten out of a canon to see how many spikes you can impale it on, is a conducive to developing a well rounded child.

There is no single effective way to police what they can and can't do online, to blindly rely on simple software solutions to do your parenting job for you is just lazyness.

Elvch01, making them know that you can see exactly what they do is possibly the most effective solution mentioned. The fear of being caught.

Stompa

You could try OpenDNS:

http://www.opendns.com/solutions/homenetwork/parental/

gaming_guy

elvch01 wrote: »

MY sister uses bluecoat K9 protection. Free & very good.

terafarma wrote: »

Been using K9 Bluecoat Protection for the past 4/5 years, can't fault it. My children hate it, I love it, as it does exactly what it's meant to do, protect them online.

+1 for k9.

its a very good filtering system and its very hard to get around/bypass

pstones578

alanwjones wrote: »

I've just bought my 12year old granddaughter a new laptop with Vista home installed, While she's waiting for her broadband to be installed I would like to polish up on what I need to do to limit what she sees online, I know in windows you can set the Content advisor in IE to limit some categories,
Are the settings the same in Vista, is there anything else I should be thinking of other than having her parents looking over her shoulder while she's online ? All constructive comments as to making her online experience a safer one would be appreciated, Alan.

You can set up parental controls on a user account to limit what they can do on the internet.

bob_a_builder

its a very good filtering system and its very hard to get around/bypass

You'd think so wouldn't you, but my 13year old gets round it (K9) regularly
when I check his system from time to time all the blocks have been removed

Same with OpenDNS, keep finding the blocking level has been dropped

Remember how it was only them who could operate the video recorders !

joe_pesci

Jesus, get a grip Strider. You liberal sorts get on my tits.:rolleyes:

Games aint a danger to kids, i been playing them when i was under 18, done me no harm. People like you that get games like Manhunt banned.

Why is it ok for Kids to watch 18+ movies but games is a big no?:rolleyes:

Perverts & 18+ Gaming do not belong in same post, simple fact is, if a kid wants to walk in a school and shoot it up, he will. You don't suddenly start getting those thoughts because you played a computer game.:rolleyes:

Why not ban music,tv, internet,,games & all sit round a camp fire singing to trees.:rolleyes:

elvch01

Jeez Joe - and you tell Strider to get a grip !!!!

joe_pesci

Simple solution is don't get a kid that young a Laptop. Why does she need her own at that age? Just let her use yours for school work, and any smart kid can switch off any protection or use Proxys to serve for the web, so those softwares useless:rolleyes:

And no kid could play a 18+ game unless parent buys the game, unless the kid is dealing crack, im not quite sure how a kid under 18 could get close to £50 for a game.

So that is two problems solved, but the liberals still had to get on the thread.:rolleyes: