Porn-Free: Kid Friendly iPhone Browser Released


on 08 January 2009, 10:32by mark selfe
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Apple's iPhone, which has become the touch-screen icon of the 3G mobile computing revolution, leaving its forerunners Palm and Blackberry in its clean cut wake will now be able to run a browser that blocks adult content at the source.With a reported 8 percent of American teenagers now owning the slick white status symbol parents, for the first time parents can will be able to have peace of mind in the knowledge that their children will be able to surf the web safely and in a squeaky clean way.The new browser software from InternetSafety.com's new Safe Eyes Mobile browser blocks the more unsavory side of the web from young, prying eyes was launched this week at MacWorld in San Francisco and at the 2009 International CES exhibition in Las Vegas.Safe Eyes Mobile works by checking requested websites against a massive blacklist of potentially objectionable URL addresses that is updated on a daily basis. It prevents iPhone/iTouch access to pages deemed to be inappropriate categories by default.Previously, the only option for parents was to cut off web access entirely for the iPhone. AT&T's—Apple's sole service provider—wireless MEdia Net Parental Controls simply don't work on the iPhone. Safe Eyes Mobile filtering fixes the problem works on both the AT&T cellular network and individual Wi-Fi networks to which the iPhone automatically connects when in range.Safe Eyes claims the browser speeds are not hindered by the filter and cannot be overridden by children because it is controlled from the Safe Eyes website with password-protected setup. A challenge for hackers for sure.No doubt the majority of parents will be delighted, but I am sure they'll be more than a few teenage boys will be less than thrilled.