2 stars (Does it really do what it says?) - I got Net Nanny to test and see whether it really blocks "surprises" from teen and children. So, I set up the account with restricted access to the internet. The level was about 75% restricted. When I opened some sites, it was a surprise indeed. I was able to open Playboy.com with ease and navigate. On the other hand, my research group website was blocked and so was The Economist website!!
I am sure there are pop-ups and links on websites which can lead a child to sites like Playboy. They DO have the option of adding websites to their "restricted websites" page but Net Nanny has not done her homework if a well-known site like playboy is not blocked!! I wonder what other websites remain to be blocked.
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1 stars (Waste of Money) - This software does not work on my Windows XP operating system. A call to the Help Desk costs $19.95: almost as much as the original software cost! I strongly regret buying this. I had high hopes that I would be able to control the amount of time my teenage daughter spends on the computer while I am at work, but this tool is not the solution.
5 stars (Great) - this program is great! we bought it for our kids and it filters out all the bad sites but nothing else. we had the cyber sitter before and it was horrible. but this works much better. |
