Parental controls coming very soon to Windows Live Messenger


Posted by absorbation on Thu 01 Feb 2007 (22:42 GMT) (1915 views)
The Internet can be a dangerous place for children. Chat rooms are disappearing and some people are finding new ways to trap vulnerable children. Over at Live and Beyond they explain how a new parental control feature for Windows Live Messenger works:

To put this clearly - the parent's Windows Live ID will oversee the child's Windows Live ID (as the Family Safety product does anyway), but now parents will be able to approve and decline contacts to the child's Windows Live Messenger view. Parents will be able to view information on the person who’s about to be added, view their Space, check ages etc.



It's a great new feature which I have heard at a great new blog. Hopefully this will be good for children using Messenger. Seriously, I know users as young as 8 who use their Messenger account all the time (not to sound dodgy or anything).

Source: Live and Beyond
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Comment by lotacus
Posted on Tue 13 Feb 2007 (09:52 GMT)
during the beta I have always stressed this to the team, however they didn't deem it an important enough feature. I guess that's what happens when you have a bunch of children on the Windows Live team.

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