Page 722 - Windows 10 May 2019 Update The Missing Manual: The Book That Should Have Been in the Box

Here’s where you can control what happens when your kid tries to surf the

web on a Windows 10 machine:

Block inappropriate websites. This is the master on/off switch for

filtering. (And who decides what’s inappropriate? Microsoft.)

Add a website you want to allow. Your little ragamuffin is

allowed to use any sites whose addresses you add here.

Add a website you want to block. And she’s not allowed to visit
any sites whose addresses you add here.

By the way: This feature works only in Microsoft’s browsers, Edge and

Internet Explorer. So what stops your kid from just using Chrome or Firefox
to download porn? This feature also blocks access to those other browsers!
(You can, of course, scroll up to the “Apps, games and media” area and
unblock them. They show up once your kid has, in fact, attempted to open

them.)

Spending

Here you can add money to your kids’ Microsoft account (good for buying

games and apps online), and review what they’ve bought.

Find my child

You’ve heard of “Find my Phone”? Well, now you can see the current
location of your lost offspring on a map. Unfortunately, it works only in the

unlikely event that he (a) owns a Windows phone, or (b) owns an Android
phone with the Microsoft Launcher app installed.

Privacy from Windows

As you’re probably aware, privacy is a big thing these days. Facebook,

Google, and other companies have sheepishly admitted that they’ve been
harvesting insane amounts of data about their customers—and, in some
cases, selling it in unsavory ways.