Comments on: Parental controls done right

By: andrew

andrew — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 05:25:27 +0000

nevermind i read some more i just scanned through sorry

By: andrew

andrew — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 05:23:08 +0000

whats your machine?

By: martin

martin — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:27:13 +0000

Good question and I didn’t think of that. I tried it out now, and the websites I visit with private browsing on in Safari still show up in the logs pane on my machine. So it makes no difference.

By: andrew

andrew — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:57:33 +0000

do the parental controls work against private browseing on safari

By: martin

martin — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:54:53 +0000

I already handled it. I showed my daughter exactly how it works, what I do and can do and that I see exactly where she browses and that I read her initial emails. The only thing I didn’t tell her was my admin password. She wasn’t upset, just intrigued, and immediatly proceeded to try to guess my password. (Must be in the genes.) Also, she’s only six years old, an older child might be more resentful, but then I’d probably use less intrusive settings. I wouldn’t let it turn into a battle of wills, that’s the wrong way to go. I think she understands that I don’t want to cramp her lifestyle, but that I want to help her avoid making mistakes.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:13:28 +0000

Under a corporate regime, you’d be required to inform the users that you were logging and monitoring them. I’m interested how you’re planning to handle this in the home setting!