Stephen Conroy Talks About Using Safe Eyes Mobile
Posted on October 6th, 2009 by Stanley Holditch
Video resposted with Permission from MyFox Houston.
For those who don’t have Safe Eyes Mobile, just click here to get it in the iTunes store.
Also, there are three things that everyone needs to do to make sure Safe Eyes Mobile protects their iPhone/iPod Touch.
- Under general settings, restrict Safari. If you don’t do this then any Internet content can be accessed through Safari
- Also under settings, restrict the App Store to prevent the user from downloading unfiltered browsers through the app store
- For the most complete protection, parents might also consider restricting youtube and iTunes
Big thanks to Stephen Conroy for talking about our app!
Filed under: Internet Safety Solutions
Of course, the main problem with this approach it that the child can actually format the phone, allowing him to just reinstall all programs and circumvent any parental controls, as a format and a re-sync doesn’t sync settings, only music/video. Therefore, you must prohibit access to iTunes on the computer itself, which poses problems, since it removes that main syncing option for the iPhone.
Thanks Nailo. This is of course the reason that technology can never completely replace parenting, and why we recommend that all our customers talk about Internet Safety as a family before installing our filters. What Nailo describes is basically a “nuclear option” which would wipe out all apps downloaded on the iPhone, and is more a problem with Apple’s implementation of parental controls as it affects all settings as well. This is a perfect example of why good parenting must accompany good technology. Neither work very well on their own. Periodically check your kids iPhone to make sure that they haven’t reformatted.