What You Need to Know About Popular Software - Internet Content-Control Software
Internet content-control software, also known as censorware or web filtering software, controls the content of web pages received on a user's computer.
This software can protect children and prevent employees from wasting time by viewing and processing documents unrelated to their assigned tasks.
Parental controls are options found in digital television services, computer and video games, or on the Internet which enable a parent to block, monitor, or limit a child's access to these activities.
Of course, many young people will find ways to bypass these restrictions.
Perhaps parents can be proud that their kids are learning to deal with the computer.
Filters can be implemented in many different ways: such as by a program running on the user's computer or via the Internet service provider (ISP).
Some people reject the idea of letting the ISP decide for them what constitutes objectionable material.
Other individuals are only too glad to rely on the ISP's expertise in blocking such material.
Whether the filtering program is located on the user's computer or at the Internet service provider there is always a danger that the program blocks too many communications.
For example if the program simply blocked all sites or even all pages that contained the word "breast", users would be deprived of information about breast cancer, and possibly parades ("they marched three abreast,") women's clothing, and chicken recipes.
Arcadia University was once called Beaver College in honor of its location in suburban Philadelphia.
It changed its name partly because its website was consistently blocked by Internet filters.
Even the Vatican's website has been blocked.
Interestingly enough some people request that their computer be blocked.
Why? That's how they can deal with their Internet addiction to objectionable sites.
Many public libraries in the United States and abroad employ Internet filters, perhaps only for children.
In some areas adult users may request that these filters be disabled without having to give a reason.
There is a debate over the filtering issue and the legal situation is constantly evolving.
One cannot always count on such filters to be effective.
In Australia a 16 year old is said to have broken through an $84 million filter in about 30 minutes, within a week of the software implementation.
Several techniques are available for circumventing such software.
Can we assume that these filters will block access to web pages describing these techniques? Of course these programs should permit authorized users to bypass and modify the filters.
This software can protect children and prevent employees from wasting time by viewing and processing documents unrelated to their assigned tasks.
Parental controls are options found in digital television services, computer and video games, or on the Internet which enable a parent to block, monitor, or limit a child's access to these activities.
Of course, many young people will find ways to bypass these restrictions.
Perhaps parents can be proud that their kids are learning to deal with the computer.
Filters can be implemented in many different ways: such as by a program running on the user's computer or via the Internet service provider (ISP).
Some people reject the idea of letting the ISP decide for them what constitutes objectionable material.
Other individuals are only too glad to rely on the ISP's expertise in blocking such material.
Whether the filtering program is located on the user's computer or at the Internet service provider there is always a danger that the program blocks too many communications.
For example if the program simply blocked all sites or even all pages that contained the word "breast", users would be deprived of information about breast cancer, and possibly parades ("they marched three abreast,") women's clothing, and chicken recipes.
Arcadia University was once called Beaver College in honor of its location in suburban Philadelphia.
It changed its name partly because its website was consistently blocked by Internet filters.
Even the Vatican's website has been blocked.
Interestingly enough some people request that their computer be blocked.
Why? That's how they can deal with their Internet addiction to objectionable sites.
Many public libraries in the United States and abroad employ Internet filters, perhaps only for children.
In some areas adult users may request that these filters be disabled without having to give a reason.
There is a debate over the filtering issue and the legal situation is constantly evolving.
One cannot always count on such filters to be effective.
In Australia a 16 year old is said to have broken through an $84 million filter in about 30 minutes, within a week of the software implementation.
Several techniques are available for circumventing such software.
Can we assume that these filters will block access to web pages describing these techniques? Of course these programs should permit authorized users to bypass and modify the filters.
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