Matthias Grote, Julius Beineke, Tao Cumplido, Sebastian Minnich
– The Internet is just like in real life areas where children should not hang around. Unfortunately, these areas are on the web just a click away and thus easily accessible. We show that software protects your children on their web-walks from inappropriate content.
Children want to explore their world – and quickly, it happens that the little ones sometimes just clean out a closet to see what it’s all hidden in it, or they come dangerously close to the stairs. When mom and dad are on the ball, they get such a scientific curiosity with fast and can prevent worse. But later, when the adolescents take their first steps on the internet, often wins the curiosity about the reason. With the right software can prevent parents that their children attended dangerous websites, the computer infected with Trojans or subscription traps goes into the net.
dangers when surfing the Internet
When children alone with the computer, smartphone or tablet sitting, get parents not, on what websites roam the little ones. If you do not take precautions, children can go to websites with right-wing extremism, violence, pornography, subscription traps or illegal downloads without much effort. To prevent this, there are child protection software for desktop computers, tablets and smartphones. It is precisely the latter have become a constant companion of young people.
child protection software protects your little
Functions for child protection are in many anti-virus and security suites, such as ESET Smart Security, F- Secure Internet Security, G Data Internet Security, Kaspersky Internet Security and McAfee Internet Security already included. Who does not use such Suites, but the computer can also handle various freeware programs make childproof.
The protection of minors is in most programs to filter lists that can be adapted to different age groups depending on the software. For small children, so-called whitelist are advisable only in the web pages are included, have the safe and secure content. Websites that are not on the list let not be called from the small only. If the children are bigger, the use of blacklists is rather useful. This is where the principle is reversed: the Internet as such is in principle open to young people, the sites on the blacklist are locked and are not displayed. Young people will have the chance to discover new sides, and yet are protected against known threats.
The search engine fragFINN is suitable as a home for children in the surfing. It aims to protect children from inappropriate content by only websites are listed which were considered appropriate for children. If you have found a website for your children, but are not sure if it is really useful, you can the URL Check supply helpful by fragFINN evidence for classification.
In addition to Web filtering offers parental control software, additional functions are parental controls. For example, some programs log the surfing behavior and mobile devices, the SMS communication. They also offer configurable usage times, so that children do not spend all day in front of the screen
Media literacy is important
Each protection mechanism can be bypassed and -. Which is sometimes more, sometimes less complicated. Is it enough for small children yet, set the child-friendly online services such as blind fold , My home or fragFINN Make home page in the web browser, so the protection is in increasing age and better computer skills more difficult. Especially children and young people often fitter in dealing with the devices than their parents and they learn from classmates new tricks as yet come to problematic sites. Addition, young people on the devices of classmates see content that is blocked on their devices.
That is why it is very important that parents accompany their offspring from the start surfing for them to develop media literacy. Only in this way can recognize hazards and avoid problems caused by illegal downloads and subscription traps for example when surfing alone. General information and educational materials on child protection are available at internet-abc.de. For the Protection of Juveniles are available at klicksafe information
Conclusion
software to protect minors contributes to the fact that children are safer on the Internet on the go -. And without that Mom or Dad constantly have to sit next to it. The younger children are, the better this works. But with age and more technical knowledge, it becomes more difficult to regulate children and young people surfing through software. Therefore, parents should accompany their children in the first surf try and give him the necessary media skills to use the Internet responsibly on your own. (Matthias Grote / tta).
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