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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 4, 2017 19:21:38 GMT
We've had cause to review Jonathan's internet access. He's got his own laptop, which has a local account for him on it not associated with an email address, and an administrator account for me on it. We did this to prevent him signing up for stuff (or attempting to) without our knowledge. Unfortunately the local account means we can't use Microsoft's built in reporting tools to see what he's looking at. Recent behavior on his part makes us think we would like a better knowledge of what he's looking at. Internet History doesn't give us any cause for concern but I know there's ways round that with private browsing so I suspect he might too! So.... 1) I'm after a piece of software that will report all websites he's visited regardless of browser. 2) I'm also potentially after a bit of whitelisting software that will only allow access to certain sites Any recommendations? Both should ideally require administrator access or a password to get into and tweak: he deactivated the last white list browser add in himself! I've had www1.k9webprotection.com/ recommended elsewhere - anyone have experience? And anyone have experience of the built in Win 10 tools? |
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Post by legios on Nov 4, 2017 19:52:57 GMT
Regrettably I am a long way out of date in this field - I used to be fairly well informed about it, but I have slipped too far behind the curve to want to advise on it. (My knowledge in this field predates Windows 8!)
What I would say in general is that if you are looking at whitelisting software it is probably worth looking for something that allows you to specify/edit the whitelist - given the educational situation you want to have enough control to be able to set things up to allow Johnathan to look up appropriate supporting material, and may well want to be able to decide what represents suitable material yourselves rather than being locked into what the provider of the software sees as appropriate, which may not suit the particular needs/views of the Ayres household.
My previous go-to resources for archives of reviews of these kinds of things also appear to be defunct (*glowers at Dennis Publishing*). I will try and do a bit of digging in the next few and see if I can turn up any useful resources.
Karl
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Post by blueshift on Nov 4, 2017 20:10:17 GMT
Likewise I have no idea, sorry D: Have you tried forums like Mumsnet for advice?
Personally I think the solution is to replace all computers with a Spectrum ZX. Can't go wrong there...
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 4, 2017 20:53:03 GMT
No clue on a home level. At work that's all dealt with by the systems bloke.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 4, 2017 21:19:18 GMT
The obvious way to do it is through the microsoft account
But to do that you need an email.
And once you have an email you can sign up for things, sometimes when you don't have access to that email to confirm.
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Post by Bogatan on Nov 5, 2017 8:50:09 GMT
Can you not just create an email account and not give him access to it?
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Post by Dezzeh on Nov 5, 2017 16:03:53 GMT
It obviously depends on what you want to block, but, you can block some terminology at router level or have adult content turned off by your ISP.
I've never used this stuff at home, but at a corporate level I've used open DNS and surfcontrol, both of which have worked well.
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Post by blueshift on Nov 5, 2017 17:10:19 GMT
Why don't we install these child safety options on Ralph's computer and see which one he can't break.
Then we leave it on Ralph's computer to keep him safe!
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 5, 2017 17:16:50 GMT
I am not a child!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 5, 2017 18:58:57 GMT
We know. A child would likely get round the safety features before you would!
Andy
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Nov 6, 2017 11:02:28 GMT
Phil, have you tried turning the box off and on again?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 6, 2017 11:21:57 GMT
That isn't the issue here!
Trying the software linked above..... Installed on his machine while he was out.
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Post by legios on Nov 8, 2017 12:38:35 GMT
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Post by blueshift on Nov 8, 2017 12:45:21 GMT
The bonus is you can pretend it is literally being controlled by K9 Maybe you could make the entirety of the K9 and Company theme play when you try to access a forbidden webpage! |
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Post by legios on Nov 8, 2017 12:46:36 GMT
I've a colleague at work who has suggested Net Nanny, based on some previous experience with older versions. It has the disadvantage of not being free, but does filter https traffic as well as http. Not sure if Johnathan has the skills yet to be making use of proxy servers, but K9 doesn't appear to deal too well with them, whereas Net Nanny appears to take them in its stride.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 8, 2017 17:42:54 GMT
The bonus is you can pretend it is literally being controlled by K9 Maybe you could make the entirety of the K9 and Company theme play when you try to access a forbidden webpage! You invite destruction. -Ralph |
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Post by blueshift on Nov 8, 2017 18:05:50 GMT
You invite destruction. -Ralph It'd be super effective though!! |
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