Here is a deeper analysis of ‘Parental Control’ feature on existing Wi-Fi routers. Long read, but worth it for anyone who wishes to understand underlying technology and its pitfalls. Kids nowadays have their personal devices and they are always connected to the Internet. Parents have serious concerns over kids online activities and want to ensure online safety. Out of multiple ways to configure ‘Parental Control’, One of the good ways is to set up ‘Parental Control’ on Home Wi-Fi router and secure every kid’s device. Unfortunately, almost all the routers available in market fails terribly to do this in right way. Below are examples to showcase how outdated is Parental Controls on existing routers. Blacklisting URLs – Almost every router provides this option to blacklist a URL and to block access to given site on kids devices. Downside of Blacklisting – The Internet is evolving at a faster pace that parents cannot catch up. It’s just impossib...
Technology is evolving faster and there are more IoT devices at home/office than a few years back. Software Security companies are moving towards securing every connected device at your home/office and not just protecting laptops/smartphones. Traditional Security companies have launched a Wi-Fi router based security product to secure every connected device. Please check McAfee , Norton & F-Secure . There are few more new players like NetSequre , eBlocker , Cujo & Gryphon centered around secured home protection via Wi-Fi router. Protecting every connected device makes sense and router based security technology solve it perfectly. Most of these above Security companies are offering a Hardware/Router device costing around $200-$300 as the premium price for a security solution. Sounds perfect as it brings in huge value to customers. NetSequre has taken a different approach and we are happy about we did...