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Adult content filter
05-10-2010 8:54 PM
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The stats from Channel 4 research are:
- 90% of children have accidentally viewed online pornography
- The average age for first exposure to pornography is 11
- A third of teenagers say they learn about sex by viewing porn
OK, so I'll probably be labelled as a kill-joy, a prude or limiting free-speech, but is this not a no-brainer? It's so easy to do server side, and it's so hard to do client-side (if at all possible).
Anyone else agree?
Re: Adult content filter
05-10-2010 9:20 PM
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lol, no, both are equally hard or easy, you can easily purchase things like Net Nanny (client side), or use things like OpenDNS (server side) and I think it entirely pointless anyway, much better talking and explain to your kids, obviously to the extent they can understand at their age, but its pointless (in my view) because they will see porn at their friends, or on their phones and I also know that my first experience of porn was when I was pre-school when me and my friends used to look at porn mags of the factory workers down the road who kept them in the outdoor toilet cubicles (were talking 35+ years ago now). Never did me any harm that I am aware of, and in truth as an adult now I'd be far more concerned about pre-school kids hanging around outdoor toilets.
Quote from: chrisandhelen OK, so I'll probably be labelled as a kill-joy, a prude or limiting free-speech, but is this not a no-brainer? It's so easy to do server side, and it's so hard to do client-side (if at all possible).
Anyone else agree?
Re: Adult content filter
05-10-2010 9:25 PM
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Instead you could try placing PC's where you can see them, not in bedrooms etc
You could try blocking everything, but you can't stop your children seeing images outside of the house.
I never allowed my children any internet device except PC's - no PS2 / Nintendo / Wii / X-box / mobile phone...
But I expect they saw images or text - simply because adults thought it was something awful.
I bet those "accidentally" viewings was counted by the child as a successful circumvention of any blocking software.
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: Adult content filter
05-10-2010 9:59 PM
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Quote from: fourfourdevon as an adult now I'd be far more concerned about pre-school kids hanging around outdoor toilets.
Lol!
Yes, I'm not trying to delude myself that you can completely shield your kids from porn and when they're old enough to understand, then talking to them is definitely the key thing. That's probably also the same age as they'll work out how to circumvent everything in any case! Nevertheless I wouldn't leave adult mags lying around in the living room and wouldn't let my kids go and watch an 18 film (regardless of whether they wanted to, or whether their mates were going to!) so it seems only responsible to put something in place to shield them from on-line porn, at least until they're old enough to understand. I'm afraid I'm not a huge fan of the "oh well it will probably happen anyway, so why bother trying" although it can feel a bit like trying to stop the tide coming in...
Given that everything under the sun will soon have an internet connection, this is very hard to do client side.
Re: Adult content filter
05-10-2010 10:03 PM
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If it helped click the thumb
If it fixed it click 'This fixed my problem'
Re: Adult content filter
05-10-2010 10:25 PM
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Ah! Now I get your point about client side/server side. I would go with OpenDNS then, as that will prevent them from accessing most forms of porn (and much else at your discretion), that is until they learn how to change DNS settings and discover that is the source of your power.
Quote from: chrisandhelen Given that everything under the sun will soon have an internet connection, this is very hard to do client side.
Re: Adult content filter
05-10-2010 10:47 PM
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05-10-2010 11:32 PM
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06-10-2010 12:28 AM
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06-10-2010 10:57 PM
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OpenDNS works pretty well (thanks for the advice!), and it only took me about 10 mins to set up but for most non-technie parents it will be a step too far. Very few people will ever have logged into their router as an admin, let alone have any idea what DNS might or might not be... Is it worth a Help article on how to protect your kids from on-line porn?
Re: Adult content filter
06-10-2010 11:39 PM
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for a range of devices.
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: Adult content filter
07-10-2010 12:45 AM
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Quote from: chrisandhelen OpenDNS works pretty well (thanks for the advice!), and it only took me about 10 mins to set up but for most non-technie parents it will be a step too far. Very few people will ever have logged into their router as an admin, let alone have any idea what DNS might or might not be... Is it worth a Help article on how to protect your kids from on-line porn?
Yes. Why not have a go at writing a help article for this yourself? Describe the set up procedure whilst it is fresh in your mind.
The Customer Support Library (right-hand tab at the top of this forum) is a suitable place to put it. A guide to writing articles for the library can be found here.
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