UPDATE 06/14/2010: Google announces SafeSearch Lock Update as a result of feedback from educators! From their blog entry:
We’re working hard to address this issue as quickly as possible and in a few weeks we will move encrypted search to a new hostname – so schools can limit access to SSL search without disrupting other Google services, like Google Apps for Education. Longer term, we are exploring other options like moving authentication to its own hostname so that we can return encrypted search to https://www.google.com.
ORIGINAL ENTRY:
A week or so ago, I couldn’t help but notice that image searches in Google that had been blocked before–because http://images.google.com was blocked–were now coming up without problem.
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Hi Miguel,One more step toward what Postman called "The One Big Room." http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/johnson/johnson011.shtmlWe can't stop kids from having some exposure to adult materials – we teach them to avoid when possible.Doug
Hi Miguel,One more step toward what Postman called “The One Big Room.” http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/johnson/johnson011.shtmlWe can't stop kids from having some exposure to adult materials – we teach them to avoid when possible.Doug
We never filtered Google Images, but instead our filter allows us to at least force safe search on. It doesn't catch everything, but it helps.
We never filtered Google Images, but instead our filter allows us to at least force safe search on. It doesn't catch everything, but it helps.
We use a product called cipafilter that forces a safe searchHank
We use a product called cipafilter that forces a safe searchHank
We use Lightspeed, and use it to force the search engines that can be used. Then, we only allow search engines with “safe searches” built in (like Google and Yahoo) and then Lightspeed can force the safe search (including images.)
We use Lightspeed, and use it to force the search engines that can be used. Then, we only allow search engines with “safe searches” built in (like Google and Yahoo) and then Lightspeed can force the safe search (including images.)