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there are internet filters you can buy

Seems like that’s exactly what this is, it’s a mode that you turn on on the phone and it uses a government supplied list of vetted websites for the kid to visit.

Interestingly the way this feature set reads out is exactly the same way that Nintendo’s parental controls work.

I realize that this being the Chinese government, them keeping usage stats has connotations that go beyond the data itself… But in a country with a more liberal government I’d rather have them keep records of my kids’ internet usage than a private company. The idea being that you can pass protections around that data. (Not that that seems to be stopping the current US government so maybe that’s a pipe dream).

Ideal is, of course, completely on your own hardware (the device or your server at home), but between this and a system where Apple/Google/Nintendo does all this instead I’d prefer the government method.

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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

government supplied list

Does the government know which sites users attempted to access? Or is it strictly a static list with everything handled on the device?

But in a country with a more liberal government I’d rather have them keep records of my kids’ internet usage than a private company.

I’d rather neither. Why does the supplier need usage stats? Just provide a list and keep it at that, with an option to request a site be allowed through (that obviously would go to the supplier).

But maybe that’s me in the US speaking. I don’t trust my government with that information, and I also don’t trust countries I visit to have that info either.

between this and a system where Apple/Google/Nintendo does all this instead I’d prefer the government method.

I don’t really have a preference since I reject both as unacceptable. I prefer my approach: no filters, and I only provide access to devices if I trust my kids to follow the rules, and if I catch them breaking the rules, they lose access to the device.

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- person420@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I suspect you don’t have kids? Most schools require a laptop (usually Chromebooks). What do you do then other than parental controls?
  
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  - sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I do. Our school issues Chromebooks for use at school (supervised), and my kids use my regular computer for anything at home (Linux) without any filters but under supervision.
    
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