Protecting children from online threats: methods and cost
21 December 2010Ironically, the realities of today’s Internet dictate the need for protecting children from it. These days, even adults cannot avoid the traps set on the global network, much less children.
The number of psychic, emotional, physical and financial threats that Internet users are exposed to is steadily growing very day.
Thousands of sites with content absolutely inappropriate for children’s eyes, erotic images and pornography, violence and all kinds of intolerance, spam and the already commonplace «adult» ads even on harmless mainstream sites, viruses and incessant attempts of scammers to steal your information or money — this is just a short list of things that are all over the Internet and finding them is not a problem at all.
What programs can parents use for restricting children’s access to unwanted content? There are several approaches to solving this problem:
- Protecting using integrated OS and browser functions.
- Using a special module of a paid anti-virus tool.
- Restriction on the Internet provider’s end.
- Using activity monitoring programs.
- Using specialized software (free and commercial).
Let’s take a look at these methods in more detail and considering the license costs involved. More »




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