http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/ Engadget Comments for Disney-themed USB keys lock kids into childish environments http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 4th 2007 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/
make the kids thing that to us the computer they need to plug in the key]]>Sep 4th 2007 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 4th 2007 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 4th 2007 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 4th 2007 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 4th 2007 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/
What young hackers should do is head over to the Sony web site, and start downloading random software until they get a rootkit. Then, use the rootkit to undermine the Disney security software. Problem solved.]]>Sep 5th 2007 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 4th 2007 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 4th 2007 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 4th 2007 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/
Seriously, the only thing my kids will be using without direct supervision will be a live linux distro booting from a DVD on a system with no hard drive until I feel they're ready for the responsibilities of online life. How old will that be? Who knows, but definitely before they're old enough to remove the boot disk, turn off the PC, install a hard drive, and reboot.]]>Sep 4th 2007 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 5th 2007 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/
I know I could setup user accounts and policies to manage this, but that's just another layer I don't have time to worry about. A simple dongle may be the easiest to manage.]]>Sep 4th 2007 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 4th 2007 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 4th 2007 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/]]>Sep 4th 2007 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 4th 2007 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 4th 2007 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/
Also hopefully the key-world will be so colourful and fun that the kid will like it more than normal windows.]]>Sep 5th 2007 3:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 4th 2007 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/
ps- am only 20 :)]]>Sep 4th 2007 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 4th 2007 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 4th 2007 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 4th 2007 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 4th 2007 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 4th 2007 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/
My family has Macs :p whoo, freedom.]]>Sep 4th 2007 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 6th 2007 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 4th 2007 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/
Also that trash can back up thingy might help too.]]>Sep 4th 2007 10:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 4th 2007 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.PeanutButterSoftware.com does this now and for less money. It locks everything down without even having to exit the current user account. It blocks obvious things like Ctrl-Alt-Del and the Windows key to more obscure things like the CD-ROM autorun and Windows popup balloon messages that just beg kids to click them. ]]>Sep 4th 2007 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/disney-themed-usb-keys-lock-kids-into-childish-environments/Sep 5th 2007 12:56AM