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Net Nanny
- Company
- Content Watch Inc.
- Version
- 6.5.13.2
- Devices supported
- Computer
- Operating system
- Mac OS X
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows Vista
Windows XP - Price *
- 30.19 €
- Language of interface
- english, spanish
- Test date
- SIP Bench III, 1st test cycle, Summer 2013
EFFECTIVENESS
The overall effectiveness score is weak on adult content and very weak on other harmful content.
There is no major difference in effectiveness between teenagers and children.
There is no major difference in effectiveness between web and web 2.0.
There is no major difference in effectiveness among the different languages.
There is no major difference in effectiveness between teenagers and children.
There is no major difference in effectiveness between web and web 2.0.
There is no major difference in effectiveness among the different languages.
Effectiveness score with adult content filtering for users up to 12 year old: 3.0
Effectiveness score with other harmful content filtering for users up to 12 year old: 0.0
Effectiveness score with adult content filtering for users 13 years and older: 3.0
Effectiveness score with other harmful content filtering for users 13 years and older: 0.0
Effectiveness score with other harmful content filtering for users up to 12 year old: 0.0
Effectiveness score with adult content filtering for users 13 years and older: 3.0
Effectiveness score with other harmful content filtering for users 13 years and older: 0.0
Effectiveness score for users up to 12 year old: 1.5 out of 4 points
Effectiveness score for users 13 years and older: 1.5 out of 4 points
Effectiveness score for users 13 years and older: 1.5 out of 4 points
USABILITY
Installation of the tool: The installation process is generally comprehensible. The installer does not provide advanced options and cannot be influenced with regard to kind or amount of information, except for the language. The process is mostly consistent, but behaves partly unexpectedly concerning the order of steps.
Configuration of the tool: The configuration process is partly incomprehensible and context sensitive explanations are often missing. The process contains several inconsistencies and it does not always meet users' expectations (many pop-ups). There are some options to individualise or influence the process. The design could be improved to match the common standard.
Usage of the tool: When a web site has been blocked, the tool offers an option to send an allowance request to the admin. The alert message can be replaced by another website, but the default message is not worded with respect to children's capability of understanding. The reporting is mostly comprehensible.
Usability of the installation process: 2.6
Usability of the configuration process: 2.6
Usability of the usage of the product: 3.1
Overall score for usability: 2.8 out of 4 points
FUNCTIONALITY
The web filtering customization provides the parent with different options with respect to the content topics: BLOCK, ALLOW, WARNING. There is also the “profanity'' category that the parent can choose to MASK: this will replace “profane words'' with symbols. The parent can indicate specific URLs to be blocked (creation of a black list) or allowed (creation of a white list) by the filter despite the selected categories to be blocked/allowed. You can create several profiles. Children can also be enabled to send request for exceptions referred to filtering activities.
Skype and Streaming application cannot be blocked. The reporting dashboard is user-friendly and provides the parents with data analyzed from different perspectives. It is possible to block Social Networking and to monitor the profile’s updates.
Skype and Streaming application cannot be blocked. The reporting dashboard is user-friendly and provides the parents with data analyzed from different perspectives. It is possible to block Social Networking and to monitor the profile’s updates.
SECURITY
The tool resisted to the main hacking attempts to by-pass it
Overall score for security: 4 out of 4 points
DETAILED FUNCTIONALITY
| Area of need | Functionality | Specific issues | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management | Management of User profiles | Create several profiles | Yes |
| Remote Management | Manage on various devices | Yes | |
| Monitoring | Remote access to monitoring | Yes | |
| Filtering Customisation | Topics | Customisation of Filtering Topics | Yes |
| URLs White List | Restrict Browsing to White List | Yes | |
| Default White List | No | ||
| Modification OR Creation | Yes | ||
| URLs Black List | Creation of User's own Black List | Yes | |
| Keywords | Keywords | Default Black List | No |
| Default White List | No | ||
| Creation of a User's Black List | Yes | ||
| Creation of a User's White List | No | ||
| Time | Time Limit Settings | Set a specific time frame or web access duration | Yes |
| Blocking Message | Type | Ask for unblocking by parents | Yes |
| Redirect to safe resources | No | ||
| Usage Restriction | Web | Block Access | Yes |
| Monitor Access | Yes | ||
| Safe search | Availability | Yes | |
| Social Networks | Block Access | Yes | |
| Monitor Usage | Yes | ||
| Personal data Provision | Block | No | |
| Streaming | Block Access | No | |
| Monitor Access | No | ||
| P2P | Block the application | Yes | |
| Monitor Downloads | No | ||
| Skype | Block chat | No | |
| Block video chat | No | ||
| Monitor | No | ||
| Prevent new Contact | No | ||
| Windows Life Messenger | Block chat | Yes | |
| Block video chat | No | ||
| Monitor | Yes | ||
| Prevent new Contact | No | ||
| Block email client and/or webmail access | Yes |
DETAILED USABILITY FINDINGS
| Yes / No | |
|---|---|
| I: installation in 3 steps or less | No |
| I: choice of installation for beginners or advanced users | No |
| C: different degrees of strength for the filtering | Yes |
| C: different content criteria for the filtering | Yes |
| C: option to transfer filter configurations between target users | No |
| C: option to transfer filter configurations between devices | No |
| C: overall comprehensible configuration | Yes |
| C: overall conformity with user expectations | Yes |
| C: overall easy to learn | Yes |
| U: alert message in a child friendly language | Yes |
| U: option to customise the reaction in case of blocking | Yes |
| U: overall easily operable and comprehensible reporting | Yes |
DETAILED SECURITY FINDINGS
| The Tool prevents the user from by-passing the filter by: | Yes / No |
|---|---|
| Using the IP address instead of the URL | Yes |
| Using an alternative browser | Yes |
| Changing time and date settings* | Yes |
| Disabling or uninstalling the software without a password* | Yes |
| Closing the filtering tool trough the Task Manager | Yes |
| Using a proxy instead of a direct connection to the Internet | Yes |
| Accessing the web-pages through the Google Cache | Yes |
| Reaching a website through translation sites | Yes |
| Renaming a blocked application | Yes |
| Using Safe Mode | Yes |
| Filtering Content personalised by user | No |
| Filtering Content evolving through time | No |
| Filtering Multimedia content | No |
| Filtering outbound content | No |
