NetIntelligence on a Home Access laptop

Richie-from-the-Boro

rmg1,

- the state did not pay for it I did / you did / your friend did, the state has no money except what it takes from me
- in this case the state properly uses my money to help the less fortunate achieve a level of opportunity to education via the net
- it blocks predicted virii carrier sites, when you get rid .. .. the £35ph for the Comet nugget techies should be charged to rmg1
- calls at premium rate for a walkthrough on how to rip-off the British taxpayer should be charged at a minimum of premium rate
- the ' Comet company representative ' made a comment that was ' fair & proper, not as warehouse says, a ' pathetic response '
- you don't improve their ' internet access ' by removing the software, you aid and abet another thief who steals from pensioners like me

rmg1

Why is it ripping off the British tax-payer?
Under any other name and if it wasn't sponsored by the Government, NetIntelligence would be classed as Malware (restricting internet access, site blocking and redirection, etc).

And besides that, consider this.
Student needs to do some basic statistics for a maths project (given to them by the school) but needs real (as opposed to made up) facts/figures.

First choice for me would be the National Lottery website (number of draws, balls drawn, frequency, number of winners, etc).
Can't get on that, blocked as it's a gambling website.

spud17

Donnie wrote: »

I didn't say it wasn't. I'm sure that I said that I didn't know, so couldn't comment.
My opinion was that it is ridiculous situation if the parents cannot choose to disable the program.

Wasn't being serious.

The computers are intended for the childs use, the 'scheme' has decided that it should be there.

It's not for general family use, if you don't agree, buy your own.

patman99

You could always install a linux distro (PCLinux OS is by far the easiest to use, unlike Ubuntu) as a second o/s on the laptop. This bypasses anything the Govt. has installed as part of the Home Access scheme.

fiddiwebb

spud17 wrote: »

Wasn't being serious.

The computers are intended for the childs use, the 'scheme' has decided that it should be there.

It's not for general family use, if you don't agree, buy your own.

That potato is right!

It is meant for children to use for educational purposes and not for playing ie.games on Facebook, how many kids spend most of the time on social networking sites (which are rife with viruses/malware) these days instead of studing or doing their homework so all in all I think it is a good idea.

In fact some of the so called adults could do with having NetIntelligence installed on their pc/laptops