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Archives => 2003 => Topic started by: Dick Miller on August 19, 2003, 04:00:22 PM

Title: Parental Controls
Post by: Dick Miller on August 19, 2003, 04:00:22 PM
SBC/Yahoo DSL claims to parental control software. However when you try to download it, it turns out to be pc only software.  Anyone know of parental control software for the Mac ?   wallbash.gif

 thanx.gif  Dick
Title: Parental Controls
Post by: kelly on August 19, 2003, 08:16:43 PM
There's this. smile.gif

http://www.macobserver.com/article/2003/07/23.1.shtml
Title: Parental Controls
Post by: Gregg on August 20, 2003, 08:04:05 AM
Well, I have to recommend Cyber Patrol so Tacit can give you his warning about the company. wink.gif
Title: Parental Controls
Post by: Dick Miller on August 20, 2003, 08:22:28 PM
Thanks Kelly, I just downloaded the free 14 day demo.
 thanx.gif  dick
Title: Parental Controls
Post by: Pascalin on August 20, 2003, 10:02:12 PM
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Kelly I was wondering the same!
I can stop worries when my nephew is surfing in his room wink.gif
Title: Parental Controls
Post by: krissel on August 21, 2003, 12:01:27 AM
A couple years ago this was a thread topic I started when my sister was looking for software to keep her kids from porn sites:

Safe surfing?

After much discussion and investigation the only really "safe" way to let the kids online was to put the computer that had net access in a common area that would allow parental overview. The kids could not go online unless a parent (Mom in this case) was in the room. While you can't keep them from going to a friend's house and seeing all there is out there, at least you can control your own environment.

Granted much has transpired over the last few years but I think the basics are the same.

Here's an old classic thread that discusses the idea of internet filtering in theory (including tacit's philosophy and opinion of CyberPatrol).   A good read.  smile.gif

Internet filtering/CyberPatrol
Title: Parental Controls
Post by: Pascalin on August 21, 2003, 06:44:17 AM
smile.gif you are right is a good read.
I'm going to see if we can move the computer to a location with parental overvew.

Thanks again.