Norton Internet Security 2004 Parental Control and Privacy Forrest Stroud
Parental Control and Privacy
Another useful feature in Norton Internet Security that you won't find in most competing clients is the built-in Parental Control tools. These block access to specific Web sites or categories of sites (as defined by NIS's updateable URL Database), meaning that you — or anyone else who accesses your computer — cannot access these sites in any way. NIS even goes a step farther with Application Restrictions, which prevent specific applications such as chat tools or online games from accessing the Internet.
Privacy features in NIS range from customizable privacy settings to a Cookie Assistant that blocks or permits cookies on a per-cookie/per-site basis, to an Anonymous Surfing feature that blocks your e-mail address, referrer field, and user agent from being sent to Web sites to an Internet Confidentiality feature that keeps your confidential information from being sent to unsecured Web sites.