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Deciding On A Parental Control Software Tool |
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| Fecha agregada: June 19, 2010 05:59:17 AM | |
| Autor: miokayla99 | |
| Categoria: Informática e Internet: Software | |
Parental control software is a type of software program purpose-built for your home computer which controls computer usage, filters the Web content, thus allowing parents to ensure a safe online experience for their family. When you decide to use a parental control software package for your family, there are important features you should look for. The first thing is that the tool should be easy to set up and use. Second, the tool should be protected with a password and difficult for Web savvy kids and teenagers to turn it off. It should block or filter anything that parents regard as inappropriate for a child. Some software programs include profanity masking - even in emails and instant messages - a proxy monitor to keep your kid from surfing on a proxy site to avoid the parental controls, and social networking controls to block or control your child's conduct on the most popular websites, such as Facebook and MySpace. There are also parental controls that offer chat control. This feature is great for filtering improper words and keeping detailed reports of live chat conversations for you to know who your child is talking with and what they are discussing when you are not monitoring. Other features that parents may consider valuable include time restricting that allows you to establish a schedule for your kid's Web usage to certain times of the day and reporting features that will give you a detailed report of all of the Web activities on your computer. Some of the parental controls also have pre-set profiles based on age specially designed to make a very user-friendly set-up for computer-illiterate parents who want to protect their kids from some of the dangers arising out of surfing on the Internet. Some software tools allow parents to use the package on a network of up to three home computers. This feature is especially great, if you have several computers at home or if your child has their own portable computer. Although the software programs have a lot in common and are intended to allow parents to control computer usage and filter the Internet content, they differ in features that may make one or another more appropriate for your family or situation. For instance, some parental controls really work well with social networking websites while some do not, so if your child has a profile on any of these sites, you will want to choose a software package that has those features. Each program has something different to offer, so take the time to read each review thoroughly to decide which software tool is the most suitable for your family. |
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