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orange wap (and other operators): should I activate it for your children?

A question that may arise from many parents is whether or not to activate the parental filter (or parental control) on mobile phones for children.

Indeed, most GSM mobile phones (finally GPRS, EDGE and 3G now ...) allow you to go on WAP / i-mode, or even the web. It is therefore possible to come across trends erotic content, even more ... In this sense, a parent may be tempted to activate the parental filter to protect young children from the dangers of the Internet (mobile).

But in fact what the parental control? I will detail here the operation of safety mechanism parental operator Orange knowing that most other operators (SFR, Bouygues Telecom, etc ...) should also offer a similar service.

At Orange, the parental filter blocks (source: http://www.orange.fr/bin/frame.cgi?u=http% 3A / / assistance.orange.fr/2136.php% 3D2% 26% 3Fdub )

• categories like charm on the Orange World portal and Gallery
• all wap and web portal that is neither the Orange World or Gallery (yet it is sometimes convenient access to Wikipedia via wap).

short, when one comes to that, one wonders if this is not as binding as completely disconnect the wap. (Although there is still Directory white pages / yellow pages on the portal ...) But the fact is that the wap is so vital? I am tempted to say no, it helps out a little from time to time when it was not clear, but it's still very limited ...

A common sense advice is needed: do not give unfiltered access to wap to your child if you do not let it access the web with confidence. Similarly, when your child grows a little, it is preferable not to use any filter, but to explain clearly the various problems, etc. ...

Also make sure your filter operator is easily removed by you (or your child if becomes important), but can not be disabled so unwanted. If a child reaches 11 years has done the uninstall by calling the customer service you have to ask ...