Protecting your
Family
From the dark places
on the Internet
Going beyond the standard PC Filter, and
dealing with the multiple devices that
access the internet in your home
First, the stats
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The US porn industry generated $13B in 2006
12% of all websites are pornography related
25% of all internet searches are porn related
42% of internet users have viewed porn
Average age of first exposure to internet porn, age 11
90% of boys have seen pornography by age 18
60% of girls have seen pornography by age 18
71% of teens hide online behavior parents
Breakdown of visitors to porn sites
o 72% Male
o 28% Female
Sources: http://www.covenanteyes.com/pornstats/,
http://www.familysafemedia.com/pornography_statistics.html
Some of the dark places
• Pornography & adult themed sites
• Social Media – Facebook, SnapChat, Instagram
o Some studies suggest 20% of divorces are linked to Social Media usage
o Social Networking sites are a common target for predators
• Peer to Peer/File Sharing
o Easy source for adult and illegal content
• Proxy/Anonymizer
o Tools that will allow a user to bypass filters/restrictions
• Virus/Trojans/Malware/Bots/Spyware/Phishing
o Can easily steal private information (identity theft)
o Can be used to activate camera, microphone, etc.
Develop a plan
If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.
-Benjamin Franklin
There are two aspects of a plan to protect your family
Spiritual/Mental
Physical
Let’s Get Started
Let’s look at specific examples, and the tools needed
to protect your family
Internet Service
Provider
Cell Phone
Provider
Family PC
If you have one central computer, then some
common sense steps, and a few simple programs will
work to protect your family
Internet Service
Provider
Family PC
• Keep the computer in an open area
o Kitchen, Living room, Family room
o Don’t put it in a room where a door can be closed
• Utilize User Accounts to limit access
o Admin account for full access
o Kids account to limit program installs, set child friendly homepages
• Utilize Parental Controls to limit content and time
PC Level Protection
Following is a list of recommended programs to use on
individual computers
Each program is free for personal use
o WebContent Filter
• http://www1.k9webprotection.com/
o Virus Protection
• http://free.avg.com/
o Ad-Ware/Malware Protection
• http://www.safer-networking.org/
o PC Optimization & Registry Cleaner
• http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
Whole Home Protection
With so many cell phones, tablets, laptops and other
mobile devices, the strategy has to change
Internet Service
Provider
Basic Networking
To understand how to protect your whole home, a
simple understanding of basic networking will help
Internet Service
Provider
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IP Addresses are the way devices communicate
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Each IP address is unique, like a phone number
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A gateway/firewall will have 2 IP addresses
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Public (can be seen by the outside world)
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Private
192.168.1.100
38.25.94.234
public
192.168.1.1
private
192.168.1.101
Basic Networking
Dynamic Name Servers (DNS)
The Internet doesn’t understand www.google.com
Any time you enter a website in your browser, a DNS server is sent
the information, and translates that into a public IP address.
This becomes a point that you can intercept requests, and direct
traffic where you want it to go.
Not on my watch.
Your mother
wouldn’t approve
I’d like to go to
a bad place on
the interwebs
Home Computer
DNS Server
Whole Home Protection
OpenDNS FamilyShield is an easy and free way to
control web access for your whole home
• Go to http://www.opendns.com/
• Select Web Filtering for Home, and follow the steps
to setup FamilyShield on a Router
OpenDNS
Once you’ve signed in, you can select categories of websites to
restrict. You can also add websites as allowed or blocked.
Routers with Parental Controls
There are many commercial options for routers with
parental controls.
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Netgear
o http://www.netgear.com/lpc
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Linksys
SkyDog is a new product just funded on KickStarter
o Offers an online portal with user level control for content, time, etc.
o Will notify you via email or SMS of events
o Keeps a log of websites visited
Cell Phones
• Cell phones pose a unique challenge
• If you have your home Wifi secured, they can easily
be bypassed by using the cellular data network
Cell Phone
Provider
Cell phones
• Check with your carrier to see if they offer parental
controls
o Usually these controls are for limiting IM’s or calling patterns, not content
• Utilize the phone settings to control content
Each phone is unique
Consult your user
manual or google
your phone and
‘parental controls’
to learn about your
phone
Cell phones
• There are many apps that will also help you control
content on your phone
o K9 Web Protection Safe Browser
• Available for free for iPhone and Android
o iWonder Pro
• Available for free for iPhone
• Paid option for reporting
Cell phones
• There are also many location based apps that will
help you track your child’s whereabouts, and offers
some other extras, like locking the phone
The Key to it all
Communication
• Talk about your plan as a family
• Take the time to sit with each child and discuss their
individual needs and resolve concerns
• If you pay for their phone, then know their password
and check it every once in a while
o Check the internet history
o Check IM’s and texts
o Check social media posts (Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, etc)
• If a mistake is made, talk about it in love
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explaining why you set up rules, and why they need to be followed
• Have shared passwords with your spouse
• Be accountable to someone beside yourself
• DON’T FORGET TO PRAY!!!
o This is a war between good and evil that started eons ago. You can’t win
it alone, so don’t try.
Thank you
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