Re: iPhone Parental Control Software?

[Brian Erdelyi <brian_erdelyi () yahoo com>]

Hi Aron.  You forgot to mention email :)

iOS configuration utility is pretty much what is available for parental controls.  You believe you will have to look 
into enterprise-like services/features.

For example, with iOS configuration profiles you could require all traffic go through a proxy server.  From the proxy 
server you monitor or block access as required.  Some ISPs (AT&T and Bell had offerings like this) provide services of 
a proxy server for parental controls but they may not work from other networks.

Interesting question about SMS txt messages (or FaceTime or iMessage).  Companies do exist to help archive SMS messages 
but I've never looked into this on the iPhone.

Hope this helps.

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 27, 2013, at 9:45 AM, Aaron Melton <aaron () aaronmelton com> wrote:

> Hi Paildotcom crew,
>
> I received a request from a friend for a recommendation for parental control software on an iPhone. Since I don't 
> have any first-hand experience with any available apps out there, I thought I would reach out to the group. 
>
> As it stands now, they've used the parental control features of iOS to lock down access to anything but the default 
> apps on the phone. The teen does not have access to install any additional apps. The parents would like to monitor 
> text messages, Safari and YouTube usage. I'm assuming additional controls to block/filter content would be wanted 
> features as well. 
>
> It seems that the iOS market is limited to replacing these applications with vendor supplied apps to achieve these 
> controls. Aside from jail breaking the phone (which I have not yet looked into), there appears to be limitations of 
> the iOS environment to change the behavior of these default-installed applications outside the built-in parental 
> controls. 
>
> Do you have any first-hand experience implementing these type controls and if so, what would you recommend?
>
> Thanks!
> Aaron
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