@Dashrender said in Laptop for my daughter:

@travisdh1 said in Laptop for my daughter:

@Dashrender said in Laptop for my daughter:

@JaredBusch said in Laptop for my daughter:

@ITivan80 said in Laptop for my daughter:

Here one that might perk your interest:

I will never buy Lenovo. I did not like them before they got caught stealing info.

ALso, tha tis Windows 10 S mode. No thanks.

Wait - stealing info? I don't know about that one.

I know about Superfish - installed shim in network stack you couldn't get rid of to allow advertisers, etc access into encrypted transmissions
and the BIOS thing would would reinstall the Lenovo tools under windows...

That's what Superfish does, sends data back to a Lenovo "partner" company. They can steal any data they want, and you can do nothing about it.

OH I didn't realize it was actually sending data back to partners.. I thought it's general purpose was to insert ads... of course, it could do any damned thing it wanted....

Right, exactly, it was an unlimited capability device. It could inject or retrieve data in either direction. In order to inject, it would have to send back first.

@gjacobse said in Google Family Link: Control Chromebook:

They likely won't use Youtube or Youtube Kids... They already watch that on iPads and a laptop.. so they truely don't need yet another device to YT on ..

They also don't need Netflix - again.. on other devices and we want to be able to control some of what they get to.

Besides controlling what they can download from Google Play store, I would just worry about blocking websites. Either stick with blocking mature sites or only allow certain sites.

@bbigford said in Kid's GPS watch:

@scottalanmiller said in Kid's GPS watch:

@bbigford said in Kid's GPS watch:

@scottalanmiller said in Kid's GPS watch:

I think Samsung has cellular in their latest watch, too. But haven't tried it.

Indeed they do. Doesn't require a phone at all.

I'm waiting for a fourth gen one before I consider getting one.

Slimmer with better battery, or some issue you're wanting them to correct?

I've just heard a rumor from inside that it's a major update that people should wait on.

@emad-r said in I.T Question for Parents:

@dashrender

@dashrender said in I.T Question for Parents:

@msff-amman-itofficer said in I.T Question for Parents:

Hello,

I wish all the best to your children but I wondered this, especially for small kids (I dont have any):

Would you like your kids to be I.T Smart as you and be in the I.T Field ? I actually would hate it, I would want them the farthest thing from I.T so we can leave the house once a while.

What does this have to do with leaving the house? Granted, if your hobby is something on the computer, you're more likely to stay indoors, but it doesn't mean you're relegated to never going outside.

I think this has more to do with exposure to those other things.

Abit related to 1, if you teach them how to be smart in using I.T devices, It is scary for me seeing my brother child seeing all those weird videos supposedly target-ted for children on You-tube and ...

How to use devices doesn't mean you're smart in IT, it just means you learned how to use a device. A person who can make an iPad sing doesn't mean they are an IT Pro.
What weird videos are you talking about? Of course as a parent, it's your job to monitor what your children are viewing. I'm pretty sure YouTube has a child friendly mode for things like this.

how soon kids age of 4 can navigate smart phone or tablet, but how can we combat this? Offline content perhaps, any other good ideas .

What are you trying to combat? Their use of technology? why? It's the world we live in. Should they have more skills than just how to operate a smart phone/tablet, sure, but should you reduce their skill there? I don't think so.

Is there something about your own life you are unhappy with, that you think forcing yourself to do outdoor activities will make you happier? or any non IT activities that will make you happier?

What about shit like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYDWLuoE-vA
Youtube Video

For some reason its all the rage for some kinds of kids, they are obsessed with it. The thing is you cant monitor them all the time, btw I heard 2 parents complained over this in Canada and Jordan.

you do not protect your kids by make them more or less ignorant about a comminication medium. You protect them by educating them to contents.

Yeah, which isn't very helpful for the issue I've seen (others on the internet have commented on it as well).

So you're thinking one of the dependencies is the issue?