Verizon recently announced several new features for their Verizon FiOS DVR customers. One that peaked my interest is that you can modify parental controls for the TV and DVR from a web-enabled cell phone. This means that when you are waiting in line, you can either allow or deny access to that movie the kids want to watch at home.
I am excited by this, not because I am a customer (Verizon is not available to me), but I feel like it is a move in the right direction. A complaint that some parents have about parental controls is that they are cumbersome to use. Companies like AOL and Verizon are working to make parental control products easier. If products are easier to use, more parents will use them. If more parents use them, kids will be safer online. You see where this is going...
Do you have any reviews of great parental controls on the market?
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HelpViaVideo 12-11-2009 @ 11:47PM
Did you know you can also change the filter settings of your home Internet at PC level or even router level remotely. If you configure your home network to use Open DNS, you can remotely log in to their site, make filter changes and the changes will take affect in three minutes on your home network.
I have created a point and click instructional video on how to configure Open DNS on your home network.
The link can be found here
http://www.helpviavideo.com/watch.php?vidid=38
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