Being a parent, when I discovered my then 15 year old viewing porn sites,
after specifically telling him he couldn't, he lost his computer privileges
for 3 months. How, you may think, did I accomplish this? Well, when I went
to work, so did the power cords. While at home, the computer was usable by
me only.
Ultimately, parental control isn't a piece of software on a computer, it's
the guts to say no and mean it, even if you take away the CPU or Modem or
whatever needs removing. Passwording is another way. People rely to heavily
on "something else" to do the monitoring for them instead of doing for
themselves.
And I agree, hate sites rank right on up there with porn.
If anyone would like to discuss this further with me, feel free to email me
directly.
Carol
At 04:42 AM 5/8/00 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi ~
>
>For Netscape cache files, go to the user's home directory and cd
>.netscape/cache
>
>There are sixteen subdirectories of cached pages.
>
>Personally, I'd be more concerned about race-hate stuff than penthouse
>pictures ;-)
>
>Del
>
>Hello again.
>
>I was wondering if anyone could answer a query I have?
>
>Is it possible for root to view the history of a users browser? I
>asking as I am
>writing a newspaper article about the Linux system. Here in England,
>and I assume
>elsewhere, there is great concern over the amount of control a parent
>has over their
>childrens viewing of the interent especially with the growing
>prolifiation of porn sites.
>
>This is an area that I think Linux and open source distributors could
>exploit. With
>parents as root and so able to give and cancel permissions, they would
>have greater
>control over when and for how long a child could be on the internet. If
>they can also
>view the history logs of that users browser then again their worries
>over what their
>child has viewed can be diminished.
>
>Although free software is a plus and could creates a lot of interest, I
>feel that security
>is most on the minds of concerned parents and is an area that should be
>highlighted if
>Linux is to gain more supporters.
>
>I'm sorry if this is a bit long winded but I would be glad to here any
>responses either
>to my initial question or concerning the issue itself.
>
> --
>Andrew
>Blackburn
>England
>
> --Learning at the deep end--
>
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