KidSafe – A Key for your PC
Kids can be pretty resourceful creatures and there are not many ways of stopping them from doing who knows what on the PC. That is until KidSafe came along, a USB key that is exactly that a key for your PC.
Computer geeks and white-hat hackers in the UK developed the KidSafe Parental Control Key to help lock down computer access in the easiest and most secure way possible. Each key is unique and cannot be duplicated. When inserted, they key allows your computer to boot and access the internet. When removed, the computer is locked tight, and unusable.
Kids today are smart, and can get around Windows passwords, and Internet filtering programs pretty easily. Proxies and workarounds exist for even the most draconian firewalls, but the KidSafe key protects your computer and your kids with a physical key. It’s stronger, more reliable, and more convenient than passwords. It can’t be uninstalled or worked around – even by booting to safe-mode. They’ve even got processes to keep your computer from booting to a live CD or other boot device.
You can buy the KidSafe security key from Think Geek for $59.99.
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John Thomas Says: July 7, 2007 at 8:57 am
Hi, I got one from http://www.kid-safe.co.uk My kids know more about the computer than me but this puts me back in control. It was certainly worth it.
Mike Chapman Says: July 9, 2007 at 6:20 pm
I had a look at the thinkgeek website and it doesn’t support Vista. This product has just been released and Vista has been available for over a year… Poor development.
John Goldfinger Says: July 11, 2007 at 7:45 am
Hi Mike,
I am one of the KidSafe inventors and programmers. Thanks for you comment. Many products presently do not support Vista.The release of our Vista version has little to do with our ‘poor development’ skills and rather more to do with the speed with which microsoft release service packs and fix bugs. As a we are a tiny company in comparison to the behemoth that is microsoft we have to follow their development path. Our software is quite sophisticated and works at a low level. Until service pack 2 is released the underlying OS architecture can and usually does change so we like many other companies must wait until then.The alternative would be to release a product which could simply stop working after a service pack release which would cost many months of development time.We do of course have something ready but most wait until the operating system is stable. This is much the same reason why organisations won’t be deploying Vista anytime soon and why I would advise anyone to stick with XP for a while which does a great job and doesn’t need 4GB of ram to hit the ‘sweet spot’.
best regards,
Stjohn Goldfinger
Kidsafe software
Al Says: July 11, 2007 at 8:37 am
Thanks for the comment John, I upgraded to Vista a while ago and being an ex-software developer should of known better, I still have no sound or scanner since the upgrade.
John Goldfinger Says: July 11, 2007 at 8:46 am
Hi Al,
no problem, more than happy to help.I have heard Vista sucks but I am sure it will be great soon. Please contact me (use the website contact form or contact email) if you want an upgrade. I will send it to you as soon as it is available.
best regards,
John
Kidsafe software
http://www.kid-safe.co.uk
Kyle Says: December 11, 2007 at 10:10 am
Ok, so say you have this key. My question is, what happens when you lose the thing. If its registry specific, then your pretty much SOL I would think.
stjohn Says: December 11, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Hi Kyle,
don’t worry if you loose the kidsafe key you have an uninstall code.Use the uninstall code to remove the software. If you loose the uninstall code we can make a new one for you. Really you can’t go wrong!
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