iOS/ipod Touch Web blocking and monitoring

[Rathji]

There are lots of ways around it, and I don't think a bullet proof system would be either useful or practical.

I found a browser with blocking built in. If the settings are changed, then they can decide what to do at that point.

[photon]

All this to maintain the illusions that teens don't play with themselves?

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by photon

All this to maintain the illusions that teens don't play with themselves?

ya i really don't get the point of going through all this effort. teenagers look at porn, it's just a fact. if he can't do it on an ipad, he'll do it some other way. i hate how hypocritical some parents get when their kids start doing the same thing they did at the same age (though methods may differ)

[photon]

Though to play the other side, when I was a kid porn meant Sears catalog underwear section, or National Geographic, late night CBC, scrambled cable channels, or if you were really lucky some friend who'd found the stash of magazines in the parents closet.

So the amount was limited naturally, it wasn't so much more accessible like it is now, so I could see it becoming more of a problem (problem being defined as it impacting other areas of life) for more teens now than it could have been when I was a kid.

Viewing boobs in NG or seeing the centerfold in Playboy is one thing, but a lot of the mainstream porn out there is very degrading IMO, modeling a "you're my bitch" attitude which I dislike and I would assume would be even more influential on teens.

[Azure]

It is extremely easy for someone with unfiltered internet to find 'hardcore' porn. Give a teenager with a curious mind a couple hours on the internet, and chances are they stumbled onto a free porn sight that shows you everything you can imagine, and then some.

You even have YouPorn, and various other sites that have all the porn you want for free.

I think most of us would agree that porn isn't healthy for the uneducated teenage mind that doesn't understand how real relationships work, so it is easy to understand why any parent would be concerned.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

ya i really don't get the point of going through all this effort. teenagers look at porn, it's just a fact. if he can't do it on an ipad, he'll do it some other way. i hate how hypocritical some parents get when their kids start doing the same thing they did at the same age (though methods may differ)

Guys, we really don't know the entire story, maybe save the judgement?

[Rathji]

In this case there are other factors in play and the questionable Internet activity is not limited to accessing porn. This isn't what we would call a typical teenager, either.

I am not taking it as judging though, especially since this is something that I was requested to do on behalf of someone else.