The service will monitor and encrypt all personal information like credit card, Social Security and bank account numbers, to help prevent unauthorized transmissions of this data and giving users control over how this confidential information is distributed. Magid adds that McAfee's challenge will be the same as all products and services that aim to filter the Internet. Adults, acting as the service administrator for their home computer, will have the ability to turn filtering on or off. Still, like others, the system can easily be defeated if, for example, a parent leaves the computer on without filtering enabled, or makes his or her password available to his kids. There are many dark and unsafe places on the web just as there are in the real world.
Parents have to be involved with their kids if they want to ensure their safety.
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