Safety
Hey gang, this is Tech Spot. I thought this time I would talk a bit more about the Internet and what there is to do on it….BESIDES listening to the online listening opportunities from myfavoritestation.net, but that’s the main thing for being online right? Now I’m Just kidding, there are lots of things to do besides listen to online radio and do e-mail and research or even online shopping. The thing of it is, you can do most anything online, but how safe is it? Let’s talk about it.
If you look at the technological advances throughout the course of history, you will find one or more examples of people using said technology for some sort of deviant purpose, as in the case of Photography, Videography and the internet, the introduction of pornography. Does this make these technologies bad? No, the technologies themselves are just mediums to deliver this stuff. The problems are people behind the cameras and/or keyboards that give these technologies not so good a reputation. So what do you do, stop using them all together? In some cases and depending on the individual I would say yes. There are ways to be able to use the Internet and have FUN without having to sift through the garbage out there.
Filtering Software
Most vendors will define the term, FILTERING Software, as software that blocks, filters, or monitors Internet use. There are many filtering programs out there, so I will give you the top five, in no particular order, and their web sites for you to research.
Net Nanny
www.NetNanny.com
Cyber sitter
www.cybersitter.com
Cyber patrol
www.cyberpatrol.com
Maxprotect
www.max.com
Filterpak
www.centipedenetworks.com
NetMop
www.NetMop.com
Common Sense
A lot to being safe on the internet is common sense. Use the search engines, like Google and yahoo to look up the subject and see what comes up. Most importantly, pray before you go online for God’s wisdom as you surf the net. In my next post, we will look briefly at some of the fun stuff you can do on the net….not JUST listening to myfavoritestation.net, though that is VERY important….For Tech Spot this is Kevin “Flash” Klump
Hey gang, this is Tech Spot. I thought this time I would talk a bit more about the Internet and what there is to do on it….BESIDES listening to the online listening opportunities from myfavoritestation.net, but that’s the main thing for being online right? Now I’m Just kidding, there are lots of things to do besides listen to online radio and do e-mail and research or even online shopping. The thing of it is, you can do most anything online, but how safe is it? Let’s talk about it.
If you look at the technological advances throughout the course of history, you will find one or more examples of people using said technology for some sort of deviant purpose, as in the case of Photography, Videography and the internet, the introduction of pornography. Does this make these technologies bad? No, the technologies themselves are just mediums to deliver this stuff. The problems are people behind the cameras and/or keyboards that give these technologies not so good a reputation. So what do you do, stop using them all together? In some cases and depending on the individual I would say yes. There are ways to be able to use the Internet and have FUN without having to sift through the garbage out there.
Filtering Software
Most vendors will define the term, FILTERING Software, as software that blocks, filters, or monitors Internet use. There are many filtering programs out there, so I will give you the top five, in no particular order, and their web sites for you to research.
Net Nanny
www.NetNanny.com
Cyber sitter
www.cybersitter.com
Cyber patrol
www.cyberpatrol.com
Maxprotect
www.max.com
Filterpak
www.centipedenetworks.com
NetMop
www.NetMop.com
Common Sense
A lot to being safe on the internet is common sense. Use the search engines, like Google and yahoo to look up the subject and see what comes up. Most importantly, pray before you go online for God’s wisdom as you surf the net. In my next post, we will look briefly at some of the fun stuff you can do on the net….not JUST listening to myfavoritestation.net, though that is VERY important….For Tech Spot this is Kevin “Flash” Klump
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