ipod content screener?

[Melani]

My mom bought my DS 12yo an ipod for Christmas.

Now he's downloading games, but this morning my niece (11yo) was caught watching an MTV show she downloaded from YouTube.

Are there any apps or programs that we can get put on his ipod to prevent him from downloading any inappropriate content?

 

[smphbear]

In the settings, there are areas to lock out certain things (like Youtube). A password can be set to only let them in with permission.

 

[Queen2PrincessG]

What show was it? I'm guessing it was Jersey Shore. GTL!

 

[SoonerSarah]

You can check into Safe Eyes. I don't know much about it for mobile devices, but it works well for home computers. You can block any webistes you want, have specific settings to block certain things, such as alcohol, nudity, discussions on certian topics like anorexia among others. It is something that you pay for.

www.safeeyes.com

 

[pjacobi]

Parents are the best content screener!

Any determined kid can figure out how to use a “proxy server” to go around any automated content screener.

Know what your child is doing, and don’t put false trust in automated content screener.


-Paul

 

[juliebean]

My teenaged son had an itouch and we had a similar problem - I looked into parental controls and the apple website basically says there are no parental controls except removing safari and adding a different webbrowser meant for kids. However, the feedback is that teens are not going to be happy with the kid browsers and there are ways around the limits anyway. I'm going to check on the settings mentioned above, never heard of that working for an itouch web browser. Bummer - really they are not very parent friendly and Apple doesn't seem too concerned. So, now the itouch is mine, and he is back to the old ipod w/out internet access.

 

[msmayor]

At 12, he should be required to ask permission before downloading ANYTHING...and should show you exactly what he's 'purchasing' or downloading.

A parent shouldn't rely on some program to do that.

 

[SoonerSarah]

I believe that parents should set boundaries and guidelines for their kids, and that they should frequently check up on them. But teens are just that, and even the best of kids can and do lie to their parents, and they can look at things and either get rid of the evidence, or know that their parents are not going to understand the device enough to be able to figure it out.

Safe eyes is one of the hardest screeners to get rid of. You have user names and passwords for the user, and then a seperate one for the Administrator. You can get instant alerts when the user has attempted to access something that is not allowed, and it is difficult to uninstall.

 

[pjacobi]

Safe eyes is one of the hardest screeners to get rid of. You have user names and passwords for the user, and then a seperate one for the Administrator. You can get instant alerts when the user has attempted to access something that is not allowed, and it is difficult to uninstall.

Yet, it can be defeated by a proxy server.

A proxy server is 3rd party website that can be used to access restricted content indirectly for the requestor. It fools the local content filtering, because the only connection is made to proxy site and not directly to the filtered content. Access to proxy server sites can also be blocked by the local content filter, but proxy sites appear and re-appear randomly making it difficult to keep the lists of filtered proxy websites updated. Proxy servers have been used to defeat government sponsored web filters in China and Iran.

POS is the most effective way of protecting children. What is POS? Ask your child to explain.


-Paul




POS = Parent Over Shoulder

 

[SoonerSarah]

POS is the most effective way of protecting children. What is POS? Ask your child to explain.


-Paul




POS = Parent Over Shoulder

My oldest "child" is 7. POS is what we teach to all of the parents of "our" teenagers. And we still find that a large majority of parents think only the best of their kids. And even when warned about things that are going on with their kids, some parents even still think nothing is going on.

Which is why I said that Safe Eyes is one of the hardest to get rid of, and difficult to uninstall.