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Child internet safety (word search)

  • 21-07-2016 12:20pm
    #1
    BobDwashington
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭


    Does anyone know if there's a way of preventing (ie. through settings or a (preferably free) special programme) a child from searching for certain words on search engines like Google, Yahoo etc on both Android and Mac/PC so that when they search for those words or phrases nothing shows up at all.

    I've looked into a programme called Mobicep but found a few reviews from people where they said it ended blocking access to everything. One person said they couldn't even open Google anymore. Obviously I'd like to avoid a scenario like that!


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  • #2
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭degsie


    OpenDNS has some good security features.


  • #3
    FanadMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭FanadMan


    I used to use K9 security - can customise it to exclude certain topics. Can turn it off for a fixed length of time if the kids need to do research on stuff that might be in the banned list (abortion, sex, drugs etc).
    It used to be free - don't know now cos it's been a while since I used it.

    Sorry - K9 Web Protection. Was on phone earlier and couldn't check.


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