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If she is actively seeking it out, there really are no technical solutions that you can use to stop her (short of taking all electronics from her). She'll find

by Crito 13y ago

If she is actively seeking it out, there really are no technical solutions that you can use to stop her (short of taking all electronics from her). She'll find a way around any filter. If that is the sort of situation that you're in, sitting down with her and having a talk is really the only workable solution. If the concern is accidentally viewing porn... well, I have a few thoughts on that: 1) How often does that actually happen? My office does not have content filters on the internet, yet I have never accidentally viewed porn at work. I can't actually remember the last time I accidentally viewed porn at work. I strongly suspect that 95% of the "accident" cases are excuses that people make when they get caught. 2) If the concern is popups and she won't stop going to shady sites that have porn popups, use adblock. Problem solved. Also, tell her not to go to those sites, before you get the UK equivalent of a DMCA notice from your ISP... 3) Accidentally viewing a few naked people in popups is probably not going to damage her worldview. Would it be good for it? No. But I don't think it will cause any damage either.

astrobe_ 13y ago
It's the same logic as with DRM: it won't prevent anybody from doing what they want, but it will stop a significant part of them. Right now websites have no way not to deliver inappropriate contents. The best they can do is to ask "are you 18+?" (see for instance Reddit), which a 3 years old could bypass. A basic protection against accidental view and/or kids a bit too curious could be as simple as: A) Have the adult sites to insert a HTTP header marking them as such. They have no reason from doing it, plus not delivering porn to kids is a legal requirement in most countries (or I guess so). This is a flexible solution for sites with mixed contents such as Reddit, because the mark is per-page. B) Have browsers not to show these sites if the 'adult content' is not ticked in the user profile. C) Make a tutorial that explains how to create restricted user profiles on their computers (so they can prevent their kids from using browsers that don't support this policy). Alternatively, but it would impact too much websites I guess, is to use a "safe for kids" header and have browsers to only show such sites etc.

by Crito 13y ago

astrobe_ 13y ago

It's the same logic as with DRM: it won't prevent anybody from doing what they want, but it will stop a significant part of them. Right now websites have no way not to deliver inappropriate contents. The best they can do is to ask "are you 18+?" (see for instance Reddit), which a 3 years old could bypass. A basic protection against accidental view and/or kids a bit too curious could be as simple as: A) Have the adult sites to insert a HTTP header marking them as such. They have no reason from doing it, plus not delivering porn to kids is a legal requirement in most countries (or I guess so). This is a flexible solution for sites with mixed contents such as Reddit, because the mark is per-page. B) Have browsers not to show these sites if the 'adult content' is not ticked in the user profile. C) Make a tutorial that explains how to create restricted user profiles on their computers (so they can prevent their kids from using browsers that don't support this policy). Alternatively, but it would impact too much websites I guess, is to use a "safe for kids" header and have browsers to only show such sites etc.