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How would you get around the moronic site blocks with parental controls enabled, without actually knowing the password? Someone I know needs access to some perfectly fine websites only a fundie or similar nutcase would find offensive.
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JediNeophyte wrote:How would you get around the moronic site blocks with parental controls enabled, without actually knowing the password? Someone I know needs access to some perfectly fine websites only a fundie or similar nutcase would find offensive.
AOL's site blocks are pretty effective. Your friend could try going around it by not using AOL to surf the web (that is, by launching IE or other external browsers.) Though that usually doesn't work either.
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I just experimented by setting my own status to child. Goddamn AOL blocked me from using IE at all. If it's possible to prevent anything but AOL from accessing the web, it's probably done it.
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Install keylogger, steal password when say, parent logs in. Assumming that a site to download it from isn't blocked. If it is, I suppose someone could email a keylogging program to you.

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Raxmei wrote:I just experimented by setting my own status to child. Goddamn AOL blocked me from using IE at all. If it's possible to prevent anything but AOL from accessing the web, it's probably done it.
Wonder if it blocks alternative browsers?

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Raxmei wrote:I just experimented by setting my own status to child. Goddamn AOL blocked me from using IE at all. If it's possible to prevent anything but AOL from accessing the web, it's probably done it.
Wonder if it blocks alternative browsers?
Possible. I haven't bothered getting any so I can't be sure. If there are any people here who use AOL for internet access but have other browsers besides it and IE, I'd be glad to hear how it works for you.
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AOL's net blocking system: a wonderful passive electronic substitute for parental supervision :roll:
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Darth Wong wrote:AOL's net blocking system: a wonderful passive electronic substitute for parental supervision :roll:
Funny, I thought that was the defination of day time television....
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Thanks for the help. Problem with the keylogger idea is that all the good ones I looked at notify the user that the program is running. But I'll see what I can work out.
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Okay, I set my self to child and then tried to go to a porn site. AOL's browser blocked it but I had no problem getting there by using Netscape over the top of it. :D

As AOL slowly drifts to using more of Netscape in it's browser I'm sure they'll eventually deal with this loop hole but right now it's still there on AOL 8.0. :twisted:
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Get a different ISP?
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Also of note, AOL's browser also locks into security and other settings you set in IE or in the Windows control panel. A non IE based browser also gets around those. :D
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Well, that's because AOL's browser is Internet Explorer :P

In the meantime, I'd suggest using either Opera or Mozilla 1.2.1.
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I have no problem with the parental blocker,cause i did not activate it. 8)
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Yeah, but what do you do when you've got a friend whose parents did activate it?
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Well around here most people have Sympatico as an isp,before we got AOL we had Sympatico but there was always problem,now everything is ok. 8)
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http://www.soft-central.net/keylog.php- get v1 at the bottom, V2 is a bit too obvious. Unzip in a hidden folder somewhere.

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version 2 of SC-Keylog is more designed for sneaking onto remote computers.

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Could do what I did, create a new screen name/login and just give yourself no restrictions.
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<dusts off an old keylogger programming project>

Hmm, I probable should update this to run under WinXp & Win2k, but I cant be bothered. And I manage the computer anyway.

Maybe one day I'll finish that trogan I was writting once, and slap it on my brother's laptop :twisted:

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