In article <dsint5$cu1$(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
> When the son tries to send an
> > email to his mate (using the BT Yahoo webmail, at least) it refuses to
> > send until Dad has logged in and "approved" the destination email
> > address.
> >
> What happens if they simply use a different browser?
I'd imagine that BT Yahoo handle that on the server side, so it won't
make any difference.
I'm not interested in addressing the failings of BT's parental control
software outside of this bug (unless this is a known feature?) or in
addressing the whole concept of content-filtering internet for kids, so
it doesn't matter at this stage what happens if the kids sign up for
hotmail accounts. If BT are sensible then they'll just block the domains
of free email providers; if they don't then I'm quite happy to
reappraise the situation with alternative suggestions for the dad. I've
already considered that, but BT's software claims (or seems to claim) to
do everything that my customer wants, so he's just asked me to fix this
bug.
I already stated that ALL internet applications are blocked and that
Internet Explorer 404s if the user isn't logged into the Y! Browser so
using a different browser won't make any difference.
> I really, really don't believe this (and I do have two children).
I don't have any kids and I have to admit to some scepticism myself,
hence my comments about preventing the 16 year-old daughter "from
reading sex-education & abortion websites". LOL at the very thought of
restricting any teenager to only 6 hours of MSN per day!
But the BT Yahoo! software has surprised me by generally seeming to work
pretty well, aside from this single bug with hourly usage. I would have
liked real documentation about how the system works but obviously that'd
be too much to hope for from BT. I didn't try yet testing with my own
laptop yet - that'd determine if internet access is denied to machines
without the BT Yahoo! software installed or whether it's necessary to
restrict the kids to non-administrator accounts on the laptop - but BT
_do_ seem to have their cookies all lined up in a row on this one.
Substantially all that the father wants to do is restrict the kids
internet access to a couple of hours a day and to enforce a 10pm
Internet curfew on school nights. He has some vague and fuzzy notion
about "protecting them online" (or protecting his daughter at least),
but generally I'd say his requirements are reasonable and seem to be
within the bounds indicated by the software's interface. I'm quite happy
to have a laugh in the pub with my mates at the thought of his daughter
away at university in two years' time fucking herself silly but it's
really not my business to rub that in his face.
I appreciate that this BT Yahoo! software is fairly obscure and that my
chances of a helpful response are slim, but I've already considered all
the unhelpful responses, so please don't feel obligated to post any more
of them.
Stroller.
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