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It's certainly easy to stumble across unsavoury content - I have done so accidentally in the past and was amazed how easy it was.

I can't say how much of a problem it is, but then I suspect nobody can.

As a parent (and yes, as stated already, I do limit internet access) I know that most parents definitely wouldn't want these things to be viewed early in life - I have no problem with adults viewing whatever they want, although I would suggest that people who constantly search for the NSFL content are possibly not well adjusted.

I don't claim to know the answer - I just get the impression that these options are always pushed away due to 'freedom' but there is little alternative offered to help society maintain a healthy mental balance.

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If you want to filter traffic at home, I don't think it's that hard. There's a whole industry trying to solve that problem. Google "internet family filter" and choose one. Your ISP probably provides one as well (my last 3 ISPs did) I'll likely use one as well when I have kids. But I'm absolutely against any government program to enforce the same.

But my experience is much different. Apart from sexualised models advertising things, I've not run into anything (by accident) I wouldn't share at a family table.

We agree that government is not the right way of solving this issue, but it's incredibly easy to have images to show up that are far from appropriate for children... or that you would share at the table

It is SO easy to break NetNanny an the like. They don't work. Any 12 year old determined kid can figure it out. MAYBE if you combined a family friendly ISP with a parental controlled fire wall, AND several layers of software/browser based filtering this could be accomplished.

Putting this aside, no matter how much you protect your children at home, you can't protect them away from home.

"It is SO easy to break NetNanny an the like"

IIRC, people in china have no problem using a vpn or whatever to bypass the great firewall? Why would government purchases blocking software be more effective than parent purchased blocking software?

mobiuscog's comment was in the context of accidental content, not one you want to find. There's no solution for the later.

And I'm not sure stacking protection helps. There's going to be a massive overlap in the lists of those services.

> I have done so accidentally in the past

Did your wife believe you?

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