new way to block adult content sites

The best way is to just not open sites you object to.

 

Sometimes it happens by accident. There used to be a site (its now shut down I think) thats address was very close to the address for the White House website. Many people got it by mistake.

My wife once went to order some stuff for VBS from Oriental Trading Company and when she mistyped the address she got an adult site and a BUNCH of popups of other adult sites.

You see that even if you down't want to open these sites some filter software is necessary.

Bill

 

Thanks for the info.
Faithgirl

 

What if you have children who want to spend a few hours on their computers? Do you have the time to watch over them every minute, so they don't accidentally or intentionally access adult sites?

Porn blocking software is an excellent solution that makes great sense.

 

Back that one year when I had to teach 10th grade English, I was looking for some stuff on Jason and the Argonouts . . .

I don't know how it happened, but it did and it wouldn't stop! I've never seen so many popups! man o man! I had to turn the computer off to get the stuff to stop.

 

I use Net Nanny and I love it! I have no fear of my grandson getting anyplace he's not supposed to be...

 

Google has a feature called safe search which will filter your search results. I just found this feature and to test it I did a search for nude pictures. The results with safe search turned on were for photograpy, and image search sites but did not include any porn listings. I won't try that same search with safe search turned off because I know the types of results I would get. It is a nice feature but not one that would stop anyone who wanted to get to inapproiate material as it is very easy to turn on and off.

I have also recently downloaded Blue Coat K9 Web Protection. K9 is a free internet filter. So far it works fine I have been able to access the sites I want to access and it blocks things I don't want to access. I tested its filtering by clicking on the the link that Blue Coat provides so you can see what block will produce in your browser and I also clicked on a link in a junk email to see if it was blocked and it was.


Bill

 

I would like something like this when we get a new computer. I do not like porn but have two loved ones who have sent it to my family's email addy in spite of being told not to. with them b eing kin folk we cannot block out all of their email.
faithgirl

 

Hide and watch me. but that's me. I don't put up with it.

I'll let anyone use my computer as long as they steer clear of porn and don't change any settings. If they violate either rule, they just kissed it good-bye.

 

we have a lap top puter now. we had a family computer and I didn't appreciate the junk email we received. I deleted stuff before it was opened.
Faithgirl

 

bsafe

I don't see where it has been mentioned but we use bsafeonline.com. Their filter is top notch. I don't keep the password, my wife does. Any time an attempt is made to access a blocked site, my wife gets an E-mail. This is good for personal accountability as well as my son using the computer. Better to be accountable than to get addicted.

 

Net Nanny does this as well. I like it because it is a one-time small fee for life...no renewal every year and no monthly payments.

 

I bet her mailbox is full! :laugh:
Seriously though, whatever happened to self-control? Sounds like you need a mom, not a wife. For your son, that filter is a good idea though.

Actually, the DNS server is a good idea to keep mistaken URLs from popping up, although most browsers have popup blockers nowadays.

 

You know, I hadn't thought about it. I have only had it happen the one time (although I remember it vividly *blushing*). And I've got blockers on other things too that I utilize.

 

Self control is a fruit of the Spirit, but there is such a thing as temtpation... not to mention an honest blunder (eh, Bitsy?).

 

nodding in agreement

 

Windows XP2 SP2 and Vista include the option to block porn sites. I can't believe that the Supremes label this stuff "OK", part of free speech. Porn and drugs, including alcohol, are ripping this nation apart. All of us need to stand up before the entire congregation on Sunday morning and evening and at the mid-week service, and in our Sunday School or Bible Study classes, and make that announcement. Everyone on the BB needs to write a Letter to the Editor and send an E-Mail to the FCC, every member of Congress and your State Legislature, as well as the President (don't try to get a group of signers by sending an E-Mail all over the country -- the President's computer, [email protected], will reject it). Write as individuals. All of the above should get thousands of E-Mail messages and phone calls. You saw what happened with the illegal immigration bill!

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