Yeah, but there are still going to be things your children are insecure about, embarrassed about, and want to find out about without you knowing. In my experie

Yeah, but there are still going to be things your children are insecure about, embarrassed about, and want to find out about without you knowing. In my experience, ignorance is responsible for a lot more harm than "seeing too much". Going off hear-say, or just remaining ignorant is not a good thing. Having some room for privacy is important for development as people and for learning. Yes, there is room for insight and lessons from data, but without an opt-out switch, it'll also be something that limits them. It's not just porn, there is a lot of stuff I'd want to learn about that I wouldn't want my family to know I'm learning about, if I was a child all over again. I was fortunate in that I got to look up that stuff without fear of being discovered, and otherwise I know I'd have gone around believing playground rumours and the like. It's easy to say "but I want them to be able to talk to me about that stuff" - it's easy to say that, but it's harder for it to be true, especially from the point of view of your child. You can't pre-empt every fear, question and insecurity, and some things will just always be embarrassing enough they'll stay ignorant rather than ask you. I had a friend who didn't know basic (important) things about her own anatomy that caused health issues during university just because she was too embarrassed to ask her (non-judgemental, lovely) parents about it as a child. She didn't have a computer in her home then, but I'm sure if she had, knowing she couldn't have privacy would have stopped her as well. It's not the worst thing in the world or anything, but I think many parents don't start giving their children privacy early enough. I get it's scary and hard to judge when it's perfect, but I think it's important. On a side note, I just watched the ultimate "turned up to 11" version of this in Black Mirror S04E02 - ArkAngel, where a parent gets a monitoring device implanted in their child after a scare with them getting lost. Good series about the potential dangers of tech as it evolves, if you haven't already seen it.