Developer(s) ContentWatch, Inc. Type Content Control Website Net Nanny Homepage | Stable release 7 (Windows) 3.0 (Mac) License Proprietary EULA | |
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Net Nanny is a brand of content-control software marketed primarily towards parents as a way to control a child's computer activity. The flagship product allows a computer owner to block and filter Internet content, place time limits on use, and block desktop PC games.
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History
The original version of Net Nanny was released in 1995. It was developed, created and branded by Gordon Ross in mid 1994 after viewing a sting operation on a pedophile soliciting a child in a chat room, which led Ross to believe that society would need an internet protecting service in the new age of the internet. The software was designed as a means to keep families and individuals relatively safe when surfing the net, but more importantly it was designed so freedom of speech and choice would be kept alive on the internet. Late 2002 it was sold to BioNet Systems who in turn sold it to Looksmart technologies in April 2004. In January 2007, it was purchased by ContentWatch, Inc.
Reviews
TopTenReviews.com rates Net Nanny as #1 in "Internet Filter Software", and "Best Parental Software".
Consumersearch.com ranks it amongst the top 3 best Parental Control Software.