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On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 07:50 +0000, Simon Waters wrote: > Best whitelisting add-on for a family desktop is probably Glubble, which > comes with a load of prepared whitelists, and allows children to request > access to other sites not already covered. > I second Glubble as a decent, simple solution to safe guard younger kids online, my two love it as it comes with a stack load of pre-defined sites with games and learning things on. There is a simple chat system to leave messages for other family members on as well bbuilt into it, called "the wall", I think it just lets them feel more like mum and dad by sending messages :] > I don't think it is free software, and it combined a Firefox extension > with an online service, so even if it were there would be non-free data > and possibly services. > I've not encountered anything that asked me for money yet, but I would certainly consider donating them a few quid for it, I've been very pleased with it. One exception is occasionally some sites seem to spiral into requesting for a parents authorisation password and after entering it a few times I'll be honest I get fed up of it, but the kids are perfectly happy to accept that some sites just don't work, and they find others without much problem... Teaching them young that PC's suck and sometimes don't work is A Good Thing(tm) in my opinion ;) > Not sure if I'll restrict Isaac's web surfing habits, but if I did > Glubble would be what I would compare things to. My brother thought a bit like that, until his girlfriends daughter asked to go on the laptop, and within the 5 minutes of her turning it and my brother checking what she was doing, had googled everything from lesbians to dogs and sex... the lord god knows what a 9 year old was doing looking for that lot! My two have been Glubbled since 3, its even installed on my mothers PC, for when they go around there for sleepovers. If you don't want it getting in your own way, put an obvious Firefox desktop icon for the kids, and have that launch firefox with a profile for the kids, only have Glubble on that profile, from the applications menu or panel launcher (change the icon so the kids don't recognise it) have your own firefox launch with a profile without glubble, you can then browse freely, while the kids will be safe on their own Firefox. -- John Williams My linux blog of notes and guides http://subbass.blogspot.com/
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