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Safe content header is a relatively weak solution. Strongest solution is either Microsoft or Apple stepping up to develop a child designed device from the groun
by jaco6 3y ago
Safe content header is a relatively weak solution. Strongest solution is either Microsoft or Apple stepping up to develop a child designed device from the ground up. It would have access to a limited walled garden of the Internet. The device itself is marketed specifically to children and has no advertising allowed on it. It also incorporates health guidelines and screen time limits, etc. that cannot be changed by the device owner or user, only by Apple/Microsoft. It is essentially a fascist phone. Admittedly, this would make an adult, unlocked smart phone a hot item on the youth black market, but hopefully most kids will be too lazy to save up the money needed to buy a black market unlocked phone before they're ready to watch porn and be inundated with endless advertising and doomscrolls.
- codedokode 3y agoI agree it would be nice but it requires more investment than my plan and companies really do not want to spend an extra cent for children safety.
- jaco6 3y agoIt is an investment. You build brand loyalty by selling a safe device. Train kids to only use your OS. Then when they're 18 hopefully they stick with your OS. Furthermore, OS makers could lobby for additional age gates. I.e. a child phone for ages 15 and under, a teenager phone for ages 16-17, an adult phone for 21.
- codedokode 3y agoI doubt that. For example, look at iOS "parental controls". Judging by screenshots [1] here, it is a complicated system that requires a parent to be a system administrator not to get lost in hundreds of settings. For example, you might have to manually compile a white list of websites, white list of apps etc. The system is so complicated that I think many parents simply get confused and do not want to use it. Instead there should be a single checkbox: "allow safe content only on this device". That's all (and you can leave detailed settings for system administrators). [1] https://www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/smartphones-and-other-devices/apple-iphone-and-ipad-parental-control-guide/ https://www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/smartphone...
- miohtama 3y agoiPhone / iPad already has this
- codedokode 3y agoDo they provide a complete solution (you only need to tick a checkbox) or parents need to be power users and manually set up whitelist for websites and apps? Do they prevent children from using for example Telegram in locked mode?
- miohtama 3y agoYes. - Web browser, both Safari and embedded app browsers honour these settings - You can disable apps that do not have parental controls integrated I do not know if there are generally available whitelists for websites, and I assume this would depend on the cultural context like the nationality and religion of the parents. Please correct me if I am wrong.