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  • kids bypass wifi, use cell networks

    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Kurt Weiske on Sun Sep 13 22:14:00 2020
    Hello Kurt!

    ** On Sunday 13.09.20 - 15:30, Kurt Weiske wrote to Stas Mishchenkov:

    My neighbor's router credentials are admin/password. Not
    too hard to figure out.

    Wow.. People still do that.


    The kids have learned to use the cell networks on their
    phone to get around our wifi parental controls.

    Isn't there an app you can install on their phones to control
    that?


    I've told both of the kids that I reserve the right to
    inspect their phones and for us to discuss any
    inappropriate content in a non-judgemental manner. It
    might be time for that nuclear option.

    Yeah. Looks like they're calling your bluff.

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    ../|ug

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  • From Charles Pierson@2:460/58 to August Abolins on Mon Sep 14 05:43:11 2020
    Answering a msg from August Abolins:
    Hello Kurt!

    ** On Sunday 13.09.20 - 15:30, Kurt Weiske wrote to Stas Mishchenkov:

    My neighbor's router credentials are admin/password. Not
    too hard to figure out.

    Wow.. People still do that.


    The kids have learned to use the cell networks on their
    phone to get around our wifi parental controls.

    Isn't there an app you can install on their phones to control
    that?


    I've told both of the kids that I reserve the right to
    inspect their phones and for us to discuss any
    inappropriate content in a non-judgemental manner. It
    might be time for that nuclear option.

    Yeah. Looks like they're calling your bluff.

    --
    ../|ug

    Any app you install, kids will find a work around.


    --- tg2fido.pl
    * Origin: Telegram to fido gate by Stas Mishchenkov (2:460/58)
  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Charles Pierson on Mon Sep 14 00:54:00 2020
    Hello Charles!

    ** On Monday 14.09.20 - 05:43, Charles Pierson wrote to August Abolins:

    Any app you install, kids will find a work around.

    With cell phones as ubiquitous as they have become for kids, I
    am surprised to hear there does not appear to be a good way to
    control internet use.

    I am imagining that even a pin code that the parent only knows
    to open a browser might be a good start. At least that way,
    the kid can't use their phone for www browsing unless the
    parent is close by.

    Or.. wouldn't there be an app that reports the internet sites
    that the kid is visiting and sends the info to a parent's
    computer?

    --
    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.46
    * Origin: (2:221/1.58)
  • From Charles Pierson@2:460/58 to August Abolins on Mon Sep 14 08:00:13 2020
    Answering a msg from August Abolins:
    Hello Charles!

    ** On Monday 14.09.20 - 05:43, Charles Pierson wrote to August Abolins:

    Any app you install, kids will find a work around.

    With cell phones as ubiquitous as they have become for kids, I
    am surprised to hear there does not appear to be a good way to
    control internet use.

    I am imagining that even a pin code that the parent only knows
    to open a browser might be a good start. At least that way,
    the kid can't use their phone for www browsing unless the
    parent is close by.

    Or.. wouldn't there be an app that reports the internet sites
    that the kid is visiting and sends the info to a parent's
    computer?

    --
    ../|ug

    There are such apps around. I can't vouch for their effectiveness.


    --- tg2fido.pl
    * Origin: Telegram to fido gate by Stas Mishchenkov (2:460/58)
  • From August Abolins@2:221/360 to Charles Pierson on Mon Sep 14 08:10:27 2020
    On 9/14/2020 1:00 AM, between "Charles Pierson : August Abolins":

    There are such apps around. I can't vouch for their effectiveness.

    Parent's should be treating the kid's access to a phone's resources the same way a user would be managed on a bbs by a sysop. If the kid messes with the device and tries to thwart established parental controls, then "no smartphone for you!" Then if a phone is an absolute requirement for being contactable, only provide a device that is just a phone.


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