A comprehensive review of Family Safety on Windows 8. We test the computer use time restrictions, curfew settings. We examine the choices for web filtering, examine where these impact, and also consider the interaction of Family Safety with Safe Search technologies offered by major search engines. We look at the strengths and weaknesses of Family Safety, and give our opinion on how useful it is in the quest to improve internet safety for children.
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Safer Web Searching with Bing Safe Search
What is Bing Safe Search? Understand the filters that you can apply using Bing Safe Search, the types of content it will filter, and how effective those filters are. Learn how to enable and disable the safe search filter. Discover how to restrict access to pornographic content to help prevent your children viewing objectionable content.
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Safer Internet Searching using Google Safe Search
What is Google Safe Search? Understand the filters that you can apply using Google Safe Search, the types of content you are able to filter, and how effective those filters are. Learn how to switch safe search on and off. Discover how you can use safe search to filter out pornographic results from search queries to help prevent your children viewing objectionable content.
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Safer internet searching with Yahoo Safe Search
What is Yahoo Safe Search? Understand the content filtering that is possible with Yahoo Safe Search, the types of content you can filter out, and how effective those filters are. Learn how to enable and disable the safe search filter. Discover how to restrict sexually explicit content from being returned by Yahoo search and how you can use this feature to prevent your children from seeing objectionable content.
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