[dba-Tech] Child's play

Yeah - I turned off sharing straight away - especially since Kazaa actually promote using their software for getting other people's copies of other software, like Office etc. 

Walmart? Never heard of it - here our version may be Target where a single costs $4. Are you buying online for 88c or at the actual shop? 


BTW - it's interesting that you replied to my post when I haven't even seen my post to Andy get posted to the list yet (very strange....)

Kath
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John W. Colby 
  To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 2:50 PM
  Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Child's play


  Kathi,

  Kaza BY DEFAULT turns ON sharing back out the music they collect.  You had
  better put a stop to that before you get a letter of "pay up" to the tune of
  about $3000.  The PARENTS are being held responsible for their children's
  action (as they well should be) and they are suing and threatening suit.

  BTW, did you know that you can BUY individual songs from Walmart for 88c
  apiece?  No, not every song is available, but I have purchased about 110
  songs of the very best of country music in the last few weeks.  

  $3000 will buy a LOT of songs legally.

  John W. Colby
  www.ColbyConsulting.com 

  -----Original Message-----
  From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
  [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Kath Pelletti
  Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 9:52 PM
  To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
  Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Child's play


  Andy - I have installed Norton Internet Security for my kids' PC (ages 5,
  9,11). The initial cost was about $AUD110, but on renewal it was half that
  for the subsequent year subscription.

  We have found it brilliant and very easy to use - you just set up a default
  user (one of the kids) and the default settings of child / teen / adult are
  very good. My kids are mad on NeoPets which Norton mysteriously blocked -
  and I had to adjust a 'privacy' setting to allow that site through - that's
  the only tweaking I've done.

  I did try some freeware such as 'We Blocker' which was OK but not as good,
  because Norton is so robust. That's my top pick. When we used We Blocker we
  felt like Nazi parents because it overblocked sites and they got really
  frustrated. Norton's blocking goes almost entirely unnoticed to the kids -
  they would only notice it if they specifically tried to do what your
  friend's kids did.

  The only worry we found for the kids was that on their PC we allow them to
  use Kazaa Lite (don't shoot me.....- my oldest son and friends want to
  download music). I know that it is Spyware etc etc but I can wipe the disk
  clean every couple of years if I need to - their PC is theirs alone.

  Anyway, I noticed that despite having Norton Internet Security installed you
  can actually download *anything* - the kids got quite a surprise when they
  actually downloaded an X-rated Simpsons video!! So that program also has a
  menu setting to block violence / porn etc. which is password protected. 

  Norton Int Security includes Norton antivirus which is a pretty good deal.

  HTH

  Kath
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Andy Lacey 
    To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' 
    Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 5:51 AM
    Subject: [dba-Tech] Child's play


    Hi folks

    A colleague found her 9 year-old daughter Googling a rude word the other
    day. Not such a prob but it got her thinking about protecting her child
  from
    accessing porn sites, getting rude popups and so on. And then there are
    chatrooms. God, a whole nasty world of stuff that I never worried about
  cos
    the PC in our house is very public and anyway mine were much older by the
    time they came to use it. Anyway, does anyone with kids have any products
    (preferably free or dead cheap) they can recommend for this kind of issue.

    Cheers

    -- Andy Lacey
    http://www.minstersystems.co.uk 

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