[vdr] Re: Child protection / access control module

[Malcolm Caldwell <malcolm.caldwell@ntu.edu.au>]

I do not want to chime in on a OT subject but.

On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 07:05, Rene Bartsch wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthias Schniedermeyer" <ms@citd.de>
> To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 7:12 PM
> Subject: [vdr] Re: Child protection / access control module
> 
> 
> > > is anyone working on an access control mechanism for the VDR player? I
> have
> > > two little children at home who I would like to see only specific
> channels
> > > at specific times. It should be fairly easy to implement something which
> > > controls this depending on the user who authenticates her/himself. I
> don't
> > > mean log in to the machine itself but to vdr.
> >
> > man reality
> >
> 
> 
> Once upon a time parents let their children raise by machines.
> And see, there was distrust between parents and their children ...
> 
> 
> What about teaching your children to handle information?
> If you sit together in front of the TV you'll be surprised how intellegent
> and maturely they can be if supported well by their parents.

I doubt you have children of your own.  If you did you would know that
young children do not have the experience or mental ability to deal with
violence or pornography or the like.  These things really disturb
children and the consequences are evident (nightmares, violence to
others etc).  This is not censorship this is reality.  My children have
no more "right" to view this stuff than to stab each other with knives,
play with boiling water etc.

Certainly, once children are older you can stop being so protective and
start to help them evaluate what they view etc.

I think that adding this kind of feature to vdr to be an important
consideration.  It is not censorship imposed from an external body or
the like.  Perhaps it is a feature that could be used for censorship
(limited by members of the same household), but that does not mean that
this should not be added.

> But a lot of parents have a lot of better to do than teaching their children
> how life works.
> 
> Ever realized this is the world of OpenSource based on trust instead of
> censorship? And trust is based on reciprocity (even with your children)!
> 
> Rene
> 
> 



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