Wired traditionally has been critical of filtering software, so this positive review of Safe Eyes comes as something of a surprise:
Overall, if you are looking for internet blocking/filtering (parental control software), SafeEyes brings a good suite of capabilities along with a high degree of customization. The $49.95 annual subscription is right in the middle of the pack of other software packages in this arena. My two minor complaints center around the unblocking of web content not being as intuitive as I would have expected, and the report generating taking a fair amount of time (on my computer). With those two caveats, if you’re looking for parental control software, you should consider Safe Eyes.
Update: The review author comments:
Comment:
Just to be clear, this was not Wired magazine. This was the GeekDad blog at Wired.com. As a community blog, we are nearly independent of the magazine, and fairly separate from the main website as well. So this review does not necessarily reflect the opinions of Wired in general. That being said, Russ (the Contributor who wrote the story) is interested in such issues and gave an honest, positive assessment of the software.
Filed under: Filtering, Filtering Companies, Research
Just to be clear, this was not Wired magazine. This was the GeekDad blog at Wired.com. As a community blog, we are nearly independent of the magazine, and fairly separate from the main website as well. So this review does not necessarily reflect the opinions of Wired in general. That being said, Russ (the Contributor who wrote the story) is interested in such issues and gave an honest, positive assessment of the software.
$29.95 and block everything except of allowed sites with WebAllow http://www.weballow.com This is all you need – a few sites that the kid can browse
Nice article. Thanks.
Eugene
to jonwu2
That software is not close to all you need
VERY easy to circumvent
Anyone can easily bypass that software by using Firefox, Safari, Chrome, etc