Comments on: Wi-Fi gives kids access to unchaperoned Net

special feature Wireless cities combined with kids' mobile devices may spell trouble for parents' Internet controls.

[LarryLo]

Save the Children!!!

Quickly Turn off a Muni WiFi, in fact turn off all WiFi period, Just to be "safe".

While we are at it, lets take away all their mobile devices, their computers, their cell phones and force them back to pencil and paper, as this form of communication can be easily monitored. </sarcasm>

Lets get real people, you want to keep an eye on your kids, then keep an eye on your kids.

Technology is not a crutch or scapegoat to poor parenting.

[trunks2020]

totally agree

Take an interest in your childs life. Before you buy him/her something to be thier psuedo-parent look into the product. Parents too often will look for the easy way out. What can I do to keep my kid occupied that will alloy me to not have to actually take an interest in my kids life.

[jypeterson]

Use Mac OSX

Mac OS X allows parents to set up accounts on the system level so that all aspects of the child's online experience at the system level to the program level (internet, chat, etc.). You can control which sites they are allowed to goto and which ones they cannot, regardless of the type of internet access you have.

It will also send you emails of when your child emails so you can read them as well.

[olliej]

Not the point

The article isn't talking about computers, it's talking about "toys"
which have wifi that parents can't readily control.

[Penguinisto]

...and this'll stop a kid w/ a LiveCD how?

While I use OSX near-exclusively at home (Linux being my other OS there), there are limits on what an OS choice can do.

Also, all the OS controls in the world won't stop a kid from booting his laptop off his AnonymOS or Linux LiveCD and putting his own 'temporary' OS on the thing (unless you're smart enough to set a BIOS password on a machine that doesn't have a factory backdoor to it, and lock out the CD and USB devices from the boot list...)

OS choice isn't the silver bullet you make it out to be, unfortunately...

/P

[kerryh8er04]

Use Mac OSX

this is not about what OS to use at home this is about moble gaming devices and certain cell phones

[olliej]

Random point

Of course using wifi on a plane during flight breaks a number of
aviation laws...

[andyaude]

Incorrect

You can use wifi on a plane. Its just radios, walkie-talkies, and cellphones etc.

[cynrcope]

Wi-Fi and Kids

Totally agree . . . technology is the 21st century boogeyman. Trust yourself . . . trust your children. You've likely imparted information to them for year which has some degree of "stickiness." Though it is possible that they will go out on a limb every now and then, the best way to find out is to have a dialogue with them. If they happen to be asserting their independence at that moment, you will both know by the response. But don't let that be a deterent. . . keep talking. Eventually, they will hear you.

[sabot96]

FUD

This story has one purpose. Add fear to the use of Muni WiFI. Do not fall for this bull. This story is just more of a concerted effort to keep people from creating local Muni WIFI.

Don't fall for this FUD.

[henrytheactor]

hi