Eltern nutzen die neuen Technologien auch, um die Kontrolle \u00c3\u00bcber ihre Kinder zu haben. Die Kindersicherung, die man vom Computer her kennt, kann man nun auch auf das Handy \u00c3\u00bcbertragen, denn immer mehr Kinder und Jugendliche gehen mit dem Handy ins Internet. Dennoch geht hier die „Kindersicherung“ ein wenig weiter als am Computer:<\/p>\n
The most restrictive setting, aimed at kids between the ages of 7 and 12, blocks access to email, instant messaging, social networking sites and chat groups. The free service also filters Verizon’s V CAST multimedia player that plays video and music according to the setting chosen by the parent. Quelle<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Ich kann mich nicht erinnern, dass Eltern die Musik auf dem Walkman oder den jetzigen mp3-Playern so restriktiv \u00c3\u00bcberwachen. Und war der eigene Musikgeschmack nicht immer auch ein wichtiges Abgrenzungsmerkmal gegen\u00c3\u00bcber den eigenen Eltern in der Pubert\u00c3\u00a4t? Aber es geht noch weiter:<\/p>\n
For some parents, blocking features on phones isn’t enough. They want to know who their kids are communicating with. (…) The company installs software onto the child’s cellphone that monitors incoming and outgoing calls, photos, text messages and emails. Or users can download the software themselves. Parents get an email or text-message alert every time their child uses the phone. (Or they can log on to RADAR’s Web site to get these updates.) The text from emails and text messages can be read by the parents. Photos can be seen, too. RADAR also turns off the phone’s instant messaging capabilities.
\nRight now, RADAR software is available only on the BlackBerry Pearl. EAgency will soon release a feature to allow parents to see which Web sites their children visit on their phones, says Bob Lotter, eAgency’s chief executive. (…)
\nMr. Friedman says he and his wife log on to the site a few times each day to check in on their son. His son wasn’t happy when he told him that he would be monitored, Mr. Friedman says. His son thought it was an invasion of privacy. „I told him he has no privacy,“ he says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nIst das das richtige Konzept zur kritischen Medienerziehung?
\nW\u00c3\u00a4hrend ich immer schon die Kontrolle \u00c3\u00bcber GPS mit Handys grenzwertig fand, kommen wir so langsam technologisch an Grenzen, wo mir schlecht wird:
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