New 'Safe Eyes Mobile' Delivers First Internet Filter for Apple iPhone, Keeping Browsing Safe for Younger Users
Selectively Blocks Inappropriate Content in Multiple Categories
SAN FRANCISCO/PRNewswire/ -- InternetSafety.com today
dialed up safe online browsing for young Apple iPhone users with the
introduction of Safe Eyes(R) Mobile, the first Internet filtering
software enabling parents to protect children from exposure to
objectionable Internet material on a mobile device. This new browser
for the iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch blocks millions of pages of
inappropriate online content while allowing full access to the rest of
the Web, eliminating the need to turn off the iPhone's highly acclaimed
mobile browsing feature to avoid exposing children to the unsavory side
of the Internet.
The product was unveiled at the Macworld conference that opens this
week in San Francisco. A demo is available at
www.safeeyes.com/iphonedemo.
Using the same approach as the company's award-winning Safe Eyes
software for PCs and Macs, Safe Eyes Mobile works by checking requested
websites against a massive blacklist of potentially objectionable Web
addresses that is updated on a daily basis. It prevents iPhone/iTouch
access to pages in the pornography, nudity, sex and tasteless/gross
categories by default. Parents can also configure the software to
filter sites in 31 other categories as well as by URL at
www.safeeyes.com.
In contrast, the iPhone itself can control Internet browsing only by
blocking Web access entirely, while AT&T's wireless MEdia Net
Parental Controls do not work on the iPhone at all. Safe Eyes Mobile
filtering works on both the AT&T cellular network and individual
Wi-Fi networks to which the iPhone automatically connects when in range.
"iPhones are becoming the new youth status symbol, with some surveys
reporting that as many as 8% of U.S. teenagers own one. That presents a
major challenge for parents who believe it is vital to manage their
children's Internet browsing," said Aaron Kenny, CTO of
InternetSafety.com. "Safe Eyes Mobile is the first solution to address
the problem without an all-or-nothing approach. If kids try to reach an
objectionable website, the software simply blocks it. It's a safety net
that protects younger users without disabling one of the iPhone's best
features: the Internet."
Safe Eyes Mobile has no noticeable effect on iPhone performance. In
addition, the solution cannot be overridden by children because it is
controlled from the Safe Eyes website with password-protected setup.
To learn more and sign up to be notified of a release date, visit
www.safeeyes.com/iphone. Per-phone pricing will include automatic daily
updates of the product's website blacklist.
About InternetSafety.com
Established in 1999, InternetSafety.com(TM) specializes in providing
Internet safety solutions. Its flagship software, Safe Eyes(R), is the
two-time recipient of the PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award, earned a
separate Editor's Choice Award from LAPTOP magazine, and was rated as
the #1 parental control solution by America's leading consumer advocacy
publication. The company's Safe Eyes, Safe Eyes Mobile and EtherShield
products provide online protection for consumers and businesses in more
than 140 countries.
Source: InternetSafety.com
CONTACT: Molly Antos, 
+1-847-415-9327
, mantos@sspr.com, for
InternetSafety.com
Web Site:
http://www.safeeyes.com/
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