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I think getting around things like age restrictions and parent supervision is an important experience growing up, but I'm afraid kids these days are less adept

by meruru 8y ago

I think getting around things like age restrictions and parent supervision is an important experience growing up, but I'm afraid kids these days are less adept with computers than their parents and won't be able to. I know one 14yo who complains about not being able to see restricted content on youtube and also believes her parents can see her history even if she erases it. Just because you were able to do it when you were a kid, doesn't mean other kids will be able to. You're posting on HN with a "linuxasheviller" handle, that makes you an outlier.

leetcrew 8y ago
> believes her parents can see her history even if she erases it she's not necessarily wrong if her parents are tech savvy. many routers can save recent web history if you enable it. she could use a VPN of course.
- meruru 8y ago
  They aren't. She thinks they must have installed something in the computer. To be clear, I didn't mean to imply she's wrong. She may have good reason to believe that, but I haven't inquired further, just offered to teach her to install Linux.