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Antiochus Epiphanes
March 13th, 2006, 08:30 AM
Not related to this website-- but can someone recommend a good parental control type software. I am looking for something that will block porn sites but not White politics stuff. Whatchasay?

Here for example you have a product that will block porn and "hate." Now letting Jewish censors decide what is "hate" is like letting the fox guard the henhouse.

What other ways are there to block porn but not politics?

Cybersitter 9.0
REVIEW DATE: 08.03.04 Product: Cybersitter 9.0
Price: $39.95 direct; free upgrade from versions 2000 through 2003.
Company: Solid Oak Software Inc., www.cybersitter.com
$39.95

By Jay Munro
Cybersitter 9.0 offers the strongest filtering we've seen, as well as good monitoring features. It is easy to use and does an excellent job of defending itself against computer-savvy kids who might try to find ways around the filter. While none of the programs in this roundup block content flawlessly, Cybersitter errs on the conservative side; by default it may block sites you would deem okay, but at least it doesn't let inappropriate content slip through.
Cybersitter relies on an extensive, frequently updated database of sites and word patterns. By default, Cybersitter blocks content related to sex, drugs, hate, and violence, as well as blocking all image searches. But parents can select from 32 content categories—including cults, gambling, file sharing, wrestling, and free e-mail sites—to tailor the filter to their needs. These settings are applied to Web browsing, e-mail, instant messaging, and newsgroups. Or you can simply block all instant messaging, newsgroups, FTP access, and file sharing.
Every Internet application is filtered for inappropriate content and personal information that parents have specified. Unlike iProtectYou, whose brute-force approach shuts down the app, Cybersitter just blanks out the bad words that appear in e-mails and instant messages. Of course, if a Web site has offending content, it is blocked.
Cybersitter offers a good stealth mode, letting parents filter and monitor kids' activities without their knowledge. Cybersitter can record both sides of IM sessions, as well as log all sites visited and any violations. This information can then be automatically e-mailed to you in a daily activity report.
The Cybersitter Remote Control (available as a separate download) lets a parent remotely configure and control Cybersitter from a different machine on the network. This is handy for families with multiple PCs, but a static public IP address is required, so homes with a cable or DSL connection may require a special setup.

Action Alert
March 13th, 2006, 10:46 AM
I guess nobody has an answer for you. neither do I. I tried looking at the search engines for kids, but I can't recommend Yahooligans because of my experiences with Yahoo. I really can't reccomend Ask Jeeves For kids either after seeing this...
http://sp.askforkids.com/i/askforkids/home/characters.gif

Anchorage Activist
March 13th, 2006, 02:18 PM
Not related to this website-- but can someone recommend a good parental control type software. I am looking for something that will block porn sites but not White politics stuff. Whatchasay?

Here for example you have a product that will block porn and "hate." Now letting Jewish censors decide what is "hate" is like letting the fox guard the henhouse.

What other ways are there to block porn but not politics?

Here are some promising leads:

Internet Filter Review - Reviews the top ten software packages for 2006.

http://www.InternetFilterReview.com

Here's a separate package for $3.99 per month that is user-customizable. It might permit you to discriminate between porn sites and "hate" sites.

http://4safe.com/customize.htm

Good luck.:box:

Cthulhu
March 13th, 2006, 10:28 PM
Yes. They are called mommy and daddy and they come for free. Set the computer up in the main living area and password the connection so you have to unlock it for them and let them knock themselves out when you are around doing your thing.

Pixi
March 14th, 2006, 10:37 AM
Netnanny is the only one I've ever heard of, but I have no idea how well it actually works.

In general, I don't find this sort of software to be effective, except possibly for really young children. Any teenager with a decent amount of computer knowledge can likely find a way to bypass/disable it, anyway.

Sean Martin
March 14th, 2006, 03:33 PM
If you can find something that will filter sites but allow you to program the settings to allow certain sties. I am sure there could even be some WN sites that aren’t child friendly.





Microsoft expects to release new, no cost parental control software for Windows XP by summer


As reported earlier, the software, called Windows Live Family Safety Settings, is designed to help keep Web content that parents deem inappropriate from reaching their children. A preview version of the tool is currently available to testers.

The first version of the new software will let people filter online content and get activity reports on Web sites that were visited by users, Microsoft representatives said.


An update, due later this year, will add a feature called "contact management," which lets parents approve contacts on Windows Live Mail and Windows Live Messenger, an e-mail and instant messaging service, respectively, for their kids, Microsoft said. The feature also gives control over who can access their kids' blogs on Microsoft's Spaces service.


In addition to the Live family filter, which works with Windows XP, Microsoft is building parental controls into Windows Vista, the next version of the operating system due by year's end. "These products are designed to be complimentary," said Alan Packer, a product unit manager at Microsoft. "We developed them together."

http://news.com.com/Windows+Live+parental+controls+due+this+summer/2100-7355_3-6049294.html?tag=nefd.top

Herman van Houten
March 14th, 2006, 06:47 PM
The best way to let children read good books is to hide those books and tell the children they really aren't allowed to read them.

Also, I think watching FoxNews is far more damaging to a child's soul than watching porn.

To find porn on the internet, usually you really have to look for porn. A small child won't do that, and a teenager will bypass all the censoring programs.

Amalekite
March 15th, 2006, 10:09 AM
What other ways are there to block porn but not politics?

This sounds like a good project for a WN software developer!

Amalekite
March 15th, 2006, 10:14 AM
The best way to let children read good books is to hide those books and tell the children they really aren't allowed to read them.

LOL. I'll have to hide my copy of Mein Kampf and Hoax of the Twentieth Century under my mattress when I have kids. ;)