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On 28/03/14 14:32, Tom wrote: > As my daughters age the missuses requests for some kind of blocking > increases. > Any recommendations - pcs and android devices! There is no evidence of harmful effects from children who seek out porn, and watch it. It may be hard to convince your missus, but it doesn't matter if the method you choose is largely ineffective, because it simply doesn't matter much. If you make it hard enough, they may spend more time around their friends if they are interested enough, where they are probably in more danger of getting into trouble in such circumstances. We've already had a generation grow up with ready availability of hard core porn on the Internet, and nothing changed much. They were a bit more hard working, and a bit cleverer than my generation, but I suspect that is the Flynn effect, schools, culture and student loans, rather than porn. Time better spent ensuring your kids are happy to tell you who they are going to see, and where, and when they will be back. And are sensible enough to pick suitable venues when they arrange to meet people they don't know well. And possibly ensuring you can track any electronics they have just in case they (daughters or electronics) get lost, or into trouble. Much of this is cultural. When I was young pornography in the UK was very restricted (although teenage boys still found it), but in much of continental Europe it was readily available. As you'll have noticed this led to huge differences between UK and the rest of Europe. If Missus insists, go with the phone company filters on mobile data, and DNS based solutions locally, would be my suggestion. Will it work? No. Will it work as well as many other "solutions"? Yes. Does it matter if it fails? Almost certainly not. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq