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Crossway Christian ISP - Filtered Internet Service Policy and Products
Remember, a clean internet begins at home with
Parental Responsibility
We-Blocker: Free Internet Filtering Software - See Below
About Crossway Christian Filtered ISP Service Take Our Poll on Internet Filtering - See Right Panel
Christian Filtered Internet service consists of two
parts. Filtered email service and filtered ISP service or web filtering. This then is broken down
into either client side filtering (filtering done by your pc using separate filtering software) and server side filtering (filtering done by our servers)
Advertisements about filtered ISP service should be
more clear on what they are filtering, how, and why. We are a Christian filtered ISP
service in the sense that our server side filters protect your family from spamming, junk mail, unsolicited pornographic e-mail, and viruses.
We are also a filtered Internet
service provider who provides for PC side filtering. We do not
provide server side filtered Internet service.
We provide access to free PC-side web filtering software as well as a commercial web Filter-only product.
Since we provide this access to this software for free, and our ISP is setup to
use it, we consider ourselves a Christian filtered ISP service.
PC-side filtering technology gives parents control and promotes individual responsibility as opposed to server side filters which remove parental control and cannot be turned off if needed for adult research or
research for college age students.
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About Our Filtering Policy
We provide server side mail filtering and
access to PC side Web Filtering.
Our server side mail filters protect your family from spamming, junk mail, unsolicited pornographic e-mail, and
viruses
Why we do not use server side Web Filtering.
We are often
asked: why don't you provide server side
filtering, I thought that is what Christian ISP services do? The short answer is
that we believe in individual responsibility. For to long parents have allowed
the television to be their surrogate parent, trusting those who promised to be
responsible and police themselves. We know what the result of that has
been. As a result, our Christian ISP
promotes individual responsibility and parental control by providing PC-side filtering.
We do not believe Christians should abandon their responsibility to monitor
themselves or their children when using the Internet. No filtering system,
either client side or PC side, is 100 percent effective. This lures parents
who depend on server side filtering into a false sense of security and
endangers children as a result. Furthermore, false doctrines and cult
activities to lure children are no excluded by filters at all. This opens
the door to the spiritual compromise of children whose parents abdicate
their responsibility to monitor their children thinking the server side
filter will keep them safe.
The
idea of relying on server side filters and placing the responsibility for
children in someone else's control is much like adopting socialism. Its
natural evolution is the creation of a personal and parental laziness that
manifests the attitude that the government can best take care of people
rather than parents. This is in direct contradiction of the scriptures.
We
provide Access to free PC-side web filtering as well as a paid Web Filter-only
products. PC-side filtering technology gives parents control and promotes individual responsibility as
opposed to server side filters which remove parental control and cannot be turned off if needed for adult research or college age students.
Some allow you to block or unblock sites on a case by case basis which would
also be a daunting task for any researcher. Since we only provide services to Christians, this is
what we have found works best. Most Christians who agree with our
statement of faith and beliefs also agree.
We also tend to shy away from the
"big brother" feel of those things which appear to take control away
from parents. We do not monitor your keystrokes, keep track of websites you
visit, or monitor your Internet searching habits. We also do not use spyware or
adware for that purpose as many server side filters do.
We provide you with access to two different web filters that you can use on
your own computer in the privacy and security of your own home.
The We-Blocker free filter operates
basically the same way as the paid filter from Bsafeonline but with less
features. However, the
free software from We-Blocker is a good product.
We-Blocker:
Free Internet Filtering Software We-Blocker is a free software solution that is easy to install and blocks unwanted Internet sites from your PC. We-Blocker gives parents the opportunity to monitor
their children's Internet access. Download
Here
BsafeOnline
Bsafeonline
has added features and an accountability module. Bsafeonline is also
the filter promoted by the American Family Association. We of course recommend
Bsafeonline because it is a one time purchase and is very reasonable
considering the ability it gives parents to better monitor their Internet
connection and of course the additional accountability feature.
Zone Alarm Pro with web filtering - Single user license ( for one computer and backup copy on your laptop or backup PC )
Stops hackers and Filters Content.
See Below for links to the programs I personally use to protect my home/office
computers. These are the Absolute Essentials for Internet Privacy Safety, & Security
From BsafeOnline, this is the American Family Association approved web filter. It filters
offensive content not just porn and has an accountability feature.
Check Below for other Internet Privacy Safety, & Security
software
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