The iPhone, like many cell phones from all four carriers, has some basic parental controls built-in for free (though with some other models, protection comes from the carrier, not from the handset itself). Now InternetSafety.com has announced Safe Eyes Mobile, what it claims as the first Internet filtering software that lets parents protect children from viewing objectionable content on a mobile device.
Essentially, it's a replacement browser for the iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch; it blocks millions of pages of inappropriate online content while allowing full access to the rest of the Web, "eliminating the need to turn off the iPhone's highly acclaimed mobile browsing feature to avoid exposing children to the unsavory side of the Internet." There's a YouTube-based video demo at www.safeeyes.com/iphonedemo as well.
The app works by checking against a blacklist of Web sites that's updated daily, and defaults to protecting against adult and tasteless categories. Parents can check off up to 31 other categories using the app. Here's one important difference: the app can filter content over both AT&T's 3G data network and the iPhone's Wi-Fi radio. It will be interesting to see how the replacement browser works next to Safari; the company claims that it still supports pinch zoom, bookmarks, and Google Search. Pricing and a release date have yet to be determined. (story Link)
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