Re:think outside the box (Score 1)

and how exactly are you going to block that without a whitelisting proxy? From rogue pop-ups, to links sent by friends as a joke, to mislabeled links on message boards, ending up with that kind of content (or worse) on your screen is just way too easy. I'm not worried about that sort of thing. I meant my son/daughter activly seeking out such content. I understand that popups happen, and I understand mislabeled links and friends happen. I expect my child to be honest enough to say "Yeah, Jimmy was being an ass and sent me a link and it took me there." If I feel my kid isn't telling the truth for some reason, I'd ask him/her to show me their history. If it turned out they were lying then it'd open up a chance for dialogue between us so we can figure what's going on and what to do about it. It might mean getting rights revoked for awhile/indefinitly, or nothing happening at all - all depending on the situation. You've got about four years up on me for being on the net. And I'll agree that with popups it is a bit harder to avoid things - though with a good popup blocker and a regular antiviruii/adware check, I don't understand what makes the net that much different than it was back then. You have to put maybe 20 minutes more worth of maintnence in in a week, but does that make it all that much different?