![]() Race hate site blocking was pretty hit and miss, so while the 'white power' sites we tried to visit in the US were clocked, the racist UK British National Party site was not. Gambling help sites were allowed, but online betting services and casinos were blocked. The online pharmacy sites we tried were also allowed. ![]() Some drug awareness and education sites were allowed, while others were blocked under the 'illegal drugs' category. There were a few inconsistencies that we found with K9 for iOS. Not so K9, no Google Image searches were allowed, not just for sexual content but any content at all as the entire Google Image search facility is blocked. Having tested many parental control software solutions in the past, I know from experience that many can be bypassed by simply turning off Google SafeSearch and then querying the Google Image search engine for sexually explicit material. All the porn I tried to access was immediately blocked. I installed the K9 browser app and immediately tried to access some porn sites, both well known and less so, without altering any of the default settings. On a typical day the WebPulse service identifies over 110,000 pages of new or previously uncategorized pornography and adult content. So how can parents keep porn, and other unsuitable online content, off the iPhone and iPad? One solution is provided by the same company, Blue Coat, that has been supplying a free and hugely popular desktop parental control solution for some years now in the form of K9 Web Protection.īlue Coat tells me that the app utilises the same cloud-based WebPulse service that provides desktop users with up-to-the-moment protection from objectionable content and threats by continually categorizing new and evolving content driven by the real-time online experiences of more than 70 million users. While adults may well have the family PC protected by parental control software to filter unsuitable content from their kids screens, the same is unlikely to be the case with a smartphone or tablet device. But along with the never ending supply of free games, educational apps and the like comes the small problem of unfettered access to the Internet and all that brings with it. That's understandable, they are just as attractive as gadgets for kids as they are to adults. If the schools that my kids attend are anything to go by, it seems that high on Santa's list this Xmas just gone was an iTouch, iPhone or iPad depending how well off the parents were.
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