Hardware Based Internet Filtering for Home Use is not a myth!
February 16, 2009 by Trey
Look on the cover of any movie or game and you’ll see a rather handy feature, the content rating, a brief glimpse into the contents of the disc, distilled into a letter and a few words, able to give any responsible parent the idea that no, that movie with gratuitous violence is not apropos for their 5 year old. And while any parent worth their salt doesn’t rely 100% on these ratings and instead checks out the media themselves, it’s still a rather nice tool to have in an arsenal against an onslaught of adult material primarily intended for, well, adults.
Once a parent has deemed something unsuitable for their child, it’s easy for access to be restricted, either by just not buying it, or locking it away. (Though some enterprising teens could probably get into a locked cabinet.) However, if you are one of the several million homes with high speed internet, all this content is just a few keystrokes or a miss-click away for your child.