Cybersitter 9

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• Downloads:
  850
• User rating:
  57% 43%  (7 votes)  Rate it
• Publisher:
  Solid Oak Software
• Date added:
  17/11/2003
• File size:
  2.4M
• License:
  Free to try
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Publisher’s description

Cybersitter gives adults the ability to limit children's access to objectionable material on the Internet. Parents can choose to block, block and alert, or simply alert them when access to these areas is attempted. Working secretly in the background, Cybersitter analyzes all Internet activity. Whenever it detects activity that the parent has elected to restrict, Cybersitter takes over and blocks the activity before it takes place. The program's intelligent "content recognition" system even recognizes and filters brand new sites that contain objectionable material. Cybersitter also offers selectable blocking of WWW, Newsgroups, Chat, Mail, and ICQ. If desired, Cybersitter will maintain a complete history of all Internet activity, including attempts to access blocked material. Password-protected, Cybersitter is easy to deactivate or reconfigure by the parent, and virtually impossible for the child to detect or defeat.

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1. Cybersitter--Where don't you want to go today Anonymous -- October 20 2006, 13.07

   While I am generally opposed to the use of censor-ware, I have been oppressed by this particular program. It is not effective at preventing access to pornography or violence on the web, as there are many ways around the filtering, such as using another language. (Any smart kid can look up how to say naughty words in spanish). Going further, cybersitter blocks pages that have no reason to be blocked, other than the fact that they do not agree with the political agenda of Solid Oak Software. These include feminist, equal rights, and freedom of speech oriented sites.
   
   Also, the product is distributed by a politically corrupt orginization, which does not allow the viewing of the list of blocked sites, and uses threats of sanctions against internet service providers to censor free speech oriented sites not just for those using cybersitter, but for everyone.
   
   If you feel the need to know about your child's access to the internet, instead install a net accountability software. This will not block any of his actions on the internet, but will email you a list of all the sites he visits, and a rating of how dangerous they are. This will be more effective, and not as incredibly damaging to the principles of freedom and democracy that have been so prevolent throughout the internet.

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2. Just what I needed! Jeff Rite -- February 7 2006, 23.10

   I found this download and thought it could be usefull. After I installed it
   I found it very user friendly immediately. Time will tell but I am haappy now.

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3. rubbish Anonymous -- February 7 2006, 20.27

   dis is a rubbish website

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4. Very easy to use. John Gray -- February 7 2006, 15.08

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5. Great software can't believ it is free Anonymous -- February 7 2006, 14.42

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