Reddit is an awesome site with great communities and subreddits. However, is it a site that you should allow your kids to visit? In this post we explore that question, and also talk to how a content filter like CleanBrowsing can help you create a safe browsing experience. Porn, Language […]
Change DNS Nameserver on a Mac (Terminal)
You can remotely – via SSH or terminal – change the nameserver on your Mac and lock your settings to prevent changes. Changing Nameservers Mac’s allow you to quickly change the DNS Nameserver via the Settings->Network screen. It takes a few minutes and works for most use cases. However, if […]
Configure Stubby with CleanBrowsing
How to leverage the open source Stubby DNS resolver with CleanBrowsing. What is Stubby ‘Stubby’ is an application (daemon) that runs on your network and allows you to proxy local DNS requests to external DNS resolvers leveraging DNS over TLS. Stubby encrypts DNS queries sent from a client machine (desktop […]
Configure Google Safe Search
Block adult and explicit sites using Google Safe Search at your School or home. Learn more about Google VIP. Google Safe Search VIP Google provides a way for parents and schools to enforce safe search on all browsers and devices using your network. That’s done by leveraging the SafeSearch Virtual […]
Configure Bing Safe Search
Microsoft provides a way for parents and schools to enforce safe search on all browsers and devices from your network. That’s done by leveraging Bing’s Safe IP address – that can’t be undone at the browser level. By applying these changes, any search done from Bing will restrict the results […]
Configure DNS by Subnet
When you need custom DNS rules and content filtering for different subnets inside your network. Different rules for different subnets A common question we get via email from CleanBrowsing users is asking how one can configure their internal DNS resolver to use our porn/adult filtering on a portion of their […]
Youtube is Facilitating the Sexual Exploitation of Children, and it’s Being Monetized
If you have young kids (well, and if you haven’t), I recommend watching this video by Matt Watson where he describes a ring of pedophiles misusing Youtube to share videos of kids in compromising positions (and in some cases even child pornography): It is long, but worth a watch. It […]
9 Clear Warning Signs That Your Kids Are Exposed To Internet Porn
Your innocent YouTube-watching child might actually be watching pornography on your smartphone. It’s a disturbing thought for most parents but research shows that it’s not a rarity. In fact, several studies including a research by American Psychological Association found that on average most children have their first exposure to porn before they’re […]
DNSCrypt with CleanBrowsing Custom Filters
In addition to supporting DNSCrypt on all of our free filters, we also support DNSCrypt on the custom filters that you can configure on your CleanBrowsing account. If you don’t have a CleanBrowsing account, you can use it to gain visibility on your DNS activity and customize the type of filtering you need […]
Phishing Campaign against k12 schools and universities
For the last week or two, a new phishing campaign started to target k-12 schools and universities. A couple of school IT administrators emailed us asking if we ever saw something like this before, so we think this is a good opportunity to remind everyone to be watchful for those […]