Just one day after the misleading story run by CTV, CBC News Network covered the chatroulette dot com site in its morning news cycle.
The expert brought forward by CBC did not leave the impression that parents are helpless, but advised them to use “content filtering or monitoring software.”
This is the appropriate advice. Where it falls short is that for the majority of parents “content filtering” means either nothing or “NetNanny,”
The Secure Surfing Organization does not dismiss the value that many parents can achieve with net nanny type software. But it really is an incomplete solution and such software does require more active on-going intervention than should be necessary.
We have no monetary stake in OpenDNS and no connections to the organization whatsoever. The reason we continue to promote its adoption is simply that it works and it works exceptionally well without even registering.
If a parent does choose to actually sign up for a free account, it gives them a degree of control over the kinds of web sites – and even individual web sites, that can be connected to their home – or business computers.
If you want to protect your kids from sites like chatroulette, kiddy porn, adult porn, gambling sites, and a whole selection of other types, you can pick and choose what you consider appropriate.
It is extremely effective if you follow the instructions to set the dns server of your router, but will also work as described in the SSO article for individual machines.
