| Some Parental Controls allow parents to
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| | take a paranoid approach that covers
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| designate different levels of access for
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| | areas other than browsing the internet.
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| each child.To help you better understand
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| | These include:* Email Do you really want
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| how the various parental control software
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| | to limit email access only to known
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| tools can be used, here are the three
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| | recipients?* Instant Messenger Again,
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| main categories of parental control
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| | kids are the biggest users of ICQ and MSN
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| software tools that can help your kids
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| | instant messenger. As long as you keep
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| surf the internet safely.1. ISP
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| | out the spyware Instant Messenger is not
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| restrictions.Your ISP can filter out what
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| | a threat* Chat rooms A lot of urban
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| they consider unsuitable URL's. The
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| | mythology about paedophiles and chat
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| problem here is selectively changing the
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| | rooms. Again the right chat rooms are
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| level of restriction depending on who is
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| | very well used and useful for
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| surfing the internet so it's not easy.
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| | kids.Remember that you may change the
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| AOL have different login's to facilitate
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| | categories at any time, so you can adjust
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| this and BT Openworld have their own
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| | your children's access to best
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| gateway they you can configure. It does
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| | accommodate their maturity level or
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| however work well filtering out child
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| | special needs.3. PC activity
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| pornography sites that nobody should be
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| | monitoring.This category of software
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| able to access. The Internet Watch
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| | package is typified by Spector Pro,
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| foundation have come up with an
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| | KidsNet, eBlaster, Enuff and
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| initiative with BT known as 'cleanfeed'
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| | IamBigBrother Typically monitor
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| which stops ISP access to known child
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| | everything that goes off on your PC and
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| pornography sites.2. Parental Control
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| | flags up anything suspicious. This type
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| Software by URL filtering.This generally
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| | of program can really slow down an older
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| covers packages such as Cyber Patrol and
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| | specification PC because they have to
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| Net Nanny. Here you install a large lump
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| | store every keystroke and mouse, movement
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| of usually expensive parental control
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| | and browser URL. They often also have the
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| software that limits access to sites
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| | ability to limit access to predetermined
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| deemed by the package providers as
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| | time slots. Another problem with this
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| unsuitable for kids The problem here is
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| | type of application is spyware checker
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| firstly updating the URL list and
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| | sometimes flag them up as potential
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| secondly you are dependant on the
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| | spyware because they deploy hook
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| software manufacturer to make the
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| | technology to intercept keyboard and
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| decision. Many free speech groups have
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| | mouse activity. These kinds of products
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| found profound flaws with this technique
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| | have their place if you want to pretend
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| such as Peacefire (see Where many
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| | to trust your kids and just confront them
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| political sites, in particular feminist
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| | with the evidence once the damage has
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| sites, end up being blacklisted. In
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| | been done.
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| addition this kind of product tends to
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