Kaspersky Safe Kids

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Kaspersky Safe Kids is a parental control program.

2022: The ability to monitor the history of views on the YouTube

Kaspersky Lab May 18, 2022 announced the improvement of the Kaspersky Safe Kids solution. Now, in addition to the Secure YouTube Search feature, which allows parents to see the history of search queries on this video hosting, adults will be able to monitor which videos their children watched. The version of Kaspersky Safe Kids for iOS extends the functions of web monitoring and screen time monitoring. The first allows you to view the history of search queries, limit access to sites by category, create lists of allowed/prohibited sites and selectively block access, including leaving it only to sites allowed by the parent. Filtering is available for most browsers. As for the limitation of screen time, before the child simply received a notification that the allowed time for using the device was over. Now, when this happens, the device can be locked (if the parent has chosen this option), but so that it remains possible to call the parents.

Most children do not imagine their lives without smartphones and digital content. In the first quarter of 2022, in Russia, the most popular application with them, according to our data, was still YouTube. He accounted for almost a quarter of the total amount of time that the guys spent in the ten most popular applications in the first three months of the year, "said Anna Larkina, Kaspersky Lab expert on content analysis. - Adults want to be sure that their child is not threatened by anything online, so we constantly improve our solution for children's online safety. Using the view history function, you can try to better understand the interests of the child and use this information for the benefit of building trusting relationships. At the same time, it is important to remember the personal boundaries to which the child is also entitled.

To make children's stay on the network more secure, the company recommends that parents:

• talk to children more about their digital lives - what they do on the Internet and the security measures they should take;
• learn yourself and teach your children to carefully read confidentiality agreements, monitor privacy settings;
• If necessary, install the parental control app, but first discuss with the child what the program is and why you made this decision.

The company developed the Kaspersky Safe Kids solution to protect children online, regardless of what they do - play, study or communicate with friends. With it, parents can be aware of how long the child is on the Internet, as well as protect him from unwanted content. In addition, the product allows you to determine the current location of the child thanks to the geolocation function, which can be convenient if he moves around the city alone.

2020: Kaspersky Safe Kids Features

According to the information for December 2020, the program provides:

• Control of device usage time
• Data on the child's location and battery charge of the device
• Block unwanted requests in the YouTube

Protecting a child from the dangers of the Internet:

• Block access to unwanted websites and content
• Blocking unwanted child requests in YouTube (alcohol, drugs, etc.)
• Helps manage access to games and unwanted applications
• Allows you to control the usage time of each device
• Reports on publications of a child on VKontakte and changes in the list of friends
• Advice from a professional psychologist regarding the child's online activity

Protecting the Child in the Real World:

• Real-time location of the child on the map
• Establish a secure perimeter on the map and send notifications if the child leaves the map
• Sending low battery level notifications on a child's device