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Cool thing they also have there is an extensive list of filtering options:
https://filters.pluckeye.net/

Filters for PC:
Call TAG 718-225-5824 (718-Call-TAG)
www.usanativ.com           8-12/mo 95-140/yr per 2 devices     
www.techloq.com (Windows)            9.49/mo 99.49/yr per device
www.NetFree.link (Windows)            free
www.netsafepro.com           10-12/mo per device 9-10/mo additional
www.netsparkmobile.com/ (Android and Windows)            9.50/mo 89/yr per device
www.covenanteyes.com/services/internet-filtering / http://webchaver.org/filtering.php           15.99/mo unlimited devices scree captures
www.netnanny.com (Android, iOS, PC, Mac)           40/yr 55/yr per device
https://truple.io (Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, Chromebook [iOS coming soon]) - randomly captures and shares screenshots with accountability partner.                                    5-16/mo 50-160/yr (ranging from 1-unlimited devices)

http://www.livigent.com
==built on Livigent==
www.meshimer.com                      8-15/mo per device
www.geder.org
www.gentechsolution.com                   39/qtr per device

More info see https://venishmartem.com/

Israel
https://www.tagisrael.org/
http://www.etrog.net.il/
http://www.enativ.com/
http://netfree.link/
http://www.rimon.net.il/
http://shomer.shoresh.org.il/

For Windows Phone
www.safekiddo.com/en_us/

For Android
https://truple.io/androidfilter.html (Free android filter)

For iPhone/iPad/iOs
Check out their quite easy and powerful content restrictions.
Suggestion: Have someone else have the password (or half and half with a spouse) and do the following:
Lock installing apps + remove browser + add apps you need (possible rules: no games, no sports, no entertainment, etc.).
[Occasionally an app will have a built in browser/or need to access a certain website - just go back in to settings (with password) and add that website].
There is time restrictions and more features too.
(May not be enough for teenagers - consult your own advisers - this solution sure beats doing nothing and there is no excuse)

DNS
https://www.opendns.com/ (can be used in routers or directly in PC) - Free
https://cleanbrowsing.org

Pricing info may not be accurate and is only on full filters (not email only), feel free to correct, and does not include installation costs. I am working on a comprehensive comparison list
here it is
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Re: Internet Filters
« Reply #1120 on: August 23, 2015, 10:53:20 AM »
I used Nativ for a year and had several problems. The biggest was that every so often the browser would promt me to login-in to Nativ. I would log in and all my open tabs would be switched to the Nativ login page, so I lost all that work. I told them about it a few times, they'd say 'we're sorry', but the problem never went away.

The second problem is that like any good filter, you get pages blocked that shouldn't be -false positives. But they're CS is only open Monday-Thursday 9-5pm, the same time that I'm away at work. So I switched to Venishmartem VCF. Need to decide if I should switch back.

I also notice that in this long thread, Nativ is not mentioned much.
nativ and (vcf) Livigent can be set up thru TAG with costumer support 20hrs. a day

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Re: Internet Filters
« Reply #1121 on: August 23, 2015, 02:11:38 PM »
Are both Nativ and Venishmartem VCF using Livigent?

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Re: Internet Filters
« Reply #1122 on: August 23, 2015, 02:29:38 PM »
Are both Nativ and Venishmartem VCF using Livigent?
NativUsa is a total different product

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Re: Internet Filters
« Reply #1123 on: August 23, 2015, 07:26:17 PM »
My inlaws have a filter on the house, my laptop isnt allowing me to access google due to privacy issues (i'm assuming its the filter working) any help here?

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Re: Internet Filters
« Reply #1124 on: August 23, 2015, 07:28:04 PM »
My inlaws have a filter on the house, my laptop isnt allowing me to access google due to privacy issues (i'm assuming its the filter working) any help here?
Which filter?
I wonder what people who type "u" instead of "you" do with all their free time.

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Re: Internet Filters
« Reply #1125 on: August 23, 2015, 08:33:59 PM »
My inlaws have a filter on the house, my laptop isnt allowing me to access google due to privacy issues (i'm assuming its the filter working) any help here?
Go back home... Didn't you get the hint?!   ;D

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Re: Internet Filters
« Reply #1126 on: August 23, 2015, 08:36:48 PM »
Which filter?
Jnet
Go back home... Didn't you get the hint?!   ;D
LOL just had a baby so gonna be here for a while...

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« Reply #1127 on: August 23, 2015, 08:45:08 PM »
LOL just had a baby so gonna be here for a while...
Mazel tov you family & baby!! I guess the zeide and bubbe are really bringing shmira on the baby  ;)

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Re: Internet Filters
« Reply #1128 on: August 23, 2015, 08:46:32 PM »
Mazel tov you family & baby!! I guess the zeide and bubbe are really bringing shmira on the baby  ;)
Thank you. any advice what setting i have to turn off in browser or something like that

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Re: Internet Filters
« Reply #1129 on: August 23, 2015, 08:48:37 PM »

Thank you. any advice what setting i have to turn off in browser or something like that
AFAIK it goes thru Jnets servers and there would be no simple way to bypass it
I wonder what people who type "u" instead of "you" do with all their free time.

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Re: Internet Filters
« Reply #1130 on: August 23, 2015, 08:49:28 PM »
AFAIK it goes thru Jnets servers and there would be no simple way to bypass it
It has to be something on my computer, the other laptops here google products work

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Re: Internet Filters
« Reply #1131 on: August 23, 2015, 08:50:46 PM »

It has to be something on my computer, the other laptops here google products work
what exactly is the error
I wonder what people who type "u" instead of "you" do with all their free time.

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Re: Internet Filters
« Reply #1132 on: August 23, 2015, 09:16:15 PM »
what exactly is the error
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Your connection is not private

Attackers might be trying to steal your information from mail.google.com (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID
  Automatically report details of possible security incidents to Google. Privacy policy

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Re: Internet Filters
« Reply #1133 on: August 23, 2015, 09:19:50 PM »
I wonder what people who type "u" instead of "you" do with all their free time.

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Re: Internet Filters
« Reply #1134 on: August 23, 2015, 09:25:18 PM »
NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID
That error message indicates that the filter is intercepting your connection (like it's supposed to). You need what's called a "certificate" from jnet. Follow this link to jnets website http://www.thejnet.com/ssl_filter.asp Click on where it says: "For manual installation on a PC click HERE". Follow the instructions to install the cert in your web browser. Please report back to let us know if that helped.

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Re: Internet Filters
« Reply #1135 on: August 23, 2015, 09:30:39 PM »
That error message indicates that the filter is intercepting your connection (like it's supposed to). You need what's called a "certificate" from jnet. Follow this link to jnets website http://www.thejnet.com/ssl_filter.asp Click on where it says: "For manual installation on a PC click HERE". Follow the instructions to install the cert in your web browser. Please report back to let us know if that helped.
Thx!!! Worked!!

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Re: Internet Filters
« Reply #1136 on: August 23, 2015, 09:53:53 PM »
Thx!!! Worked!!
Glad to have been of assistance

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Re: Internet Filters
« Reply #1137 on: August 24, 2015, 11:58:12 PM »
Netspark allows you to access your settings but if you try to uninstall the filter without disabling it first from the online admin console, your phone will lock up and you can't get online at all
Netspark doesn't allow the use of the Google now search bar.

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Re: Internet Filters
« Reply #1138 on: August 25, 2015, 12:04:56 AM »
Netspark doesn't allow the use of the Google now search bar.
Ask whoever has the password to set the Google Search app to "light" filtering if you need it...

I wanted my OK Google to work and thats how I fixed it.
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No one makes it out alive anyway...

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Re: Internet Filters
« Reply #1139 on: August 25, 2015, 12:27:53 AM »
Ask whoever has the password to set the Google Search app to "light" filtering if you need it...

I wanted my OK Google to work and thats how I fixed it.
+1 I have it on moderate and it works great