The free nature of the Internet makes it more or less uncontrollable, which can be a problem for parents, teachers, businesses and the government. Parents for instance usually want to make sure that their children do not visit unsuitable websites. The problem that they encounter is that it is virtually impossible to block all pornographic, [...]

Categories: Advice, Tutorials Basic

Users of the free DNS service OpenDNS are already familiar with additional blocking options that an OpenDNS account offers. It is for instance possible to configure web filters to block contents such as adult themes, pornography, proxies and anonymizers or gambling. The web filter is fully customizable to block only the selected contents in the [...]

Categories: Security, The Web

The German web censorship law passed the German Bundestag earlier today. This could mean that German Internet providers with more than 10.000 customers have to create filters based on a secret list that is provided by the German Federal Criminal Office. Users who access Internet sites that are included in the list will be presented [...]

Categories: The Web