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Please note: The reports in this section are not product reviews or tests; they're meant to spotlight options for you to consider, as well as milestones in children's online-safety technology development. Comments from readers on their own experiences with these products and services are most welcome - and, with your permission, we publish them. Do email us your own product reviews anytime!
McAfee's new online-safety resource (April 6, '01 issue)
In what looks to be both smart product promotion and an effort to show good corporate Netizenship, McAfee has just launched an online-safety-education service called "McAfee Kids". It includes good Internet-safety advice for parents and teachers (nothing terribly new, but sound), tips for kids (usefully including 10 of the most common problems they might run into online), and 30% off on a subscription to the "McAfee Privacy Service." In its Web site, the company says that, with this service, parents can set online time limits; block URLs, banner ads, and the sending of personal information; and monitor online activity, including chat (there's no mention of IM). Here's is Internet.com's writeup on McAfee Kids.
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