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Posted: Aug 21 2008 at 10:01am | IP Logged Quote Martha in VA
I am beginning to research internet filter products as my oldest is needing to use the computer more. I would like her to start doing Google Image searches for her timeline book but am wondering if there is a filtering program out there that would block inappropriate images in an image search.

I look forward to reading the responses. Thank you.

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We are venturing into this territory as well. We have started using a combination of Blue Coat K9 Web Protection
www1.k9webprotection.com and the Glubble parental control plug in for Firefox. We rarely use IE so it is simply disabled. Both of these are FREE. And work very well.

The drawback is that you have to fine tune things and be aware of what all the features do. For me, this is difficult because it takes a lot of time. I am surprised sometimes at what does leak through, so I just have to change the settings. Unfortunately, this unwittingly can block a lot of good things as well.

Google also has a built in filtering feature. You can put it on safe search and this reduces the likelihood of running into anything icky.

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