Software has been developed that allows individual PCs to be set to block online gambling, meaning a federal ban to protect children makes less sense than ever.
Existing software, such as OpenDNS, will efficiently block online gambling sites from individual PCs, an advancement in technology that precludes much of the argument for a federal prohibition of Internet gaming. Internet experts say the technologies available, which are in extensive use in Europe, allow parents to prevent access to online casinos sites as well as other adult offerings, making the move to use US law to ban Internet gambling the equivalent of using a tank to kill mosquitoes.
"I recommend the free OpenDNS. It provides great control over blocked sites," says online tech commentator Kim Komando in her syndicated news column. "And the gambling category blocks most online gambling sites."
OpenDNS runs software platforms designed for home use as well as schools and businesses. Their software gives the owner of the computer system choice of up to fifty different categories of content, including online gambling.
Opponents of regulated Internet casinos say that even well-regulated online gambling will corrupt children through exposure. But such blocking technologies puts the responsibility back in the hands of the parents, removing the government's need to intervene with heavy-handed abandon, violating individual freedom in the name of safety.
Businesses and school districts around the US successfully employ systems like OpenDNS to keep computers from straying into forbidden zones. Concerned individuals can do so as well, leaving calls for government bans as unnecessary overkill.
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Existing software, such as OpenDNS, will efficiently block online gambling sites from individual PCs, an advancement in technology that precludes much of the argument for a federal prohibition of Internet gaming. Internet experts say the technologies available, which are in extensive use in Europe, allow parents to prevent access to online casinos sites as well as other adult offerings, making the move to use US law to ban Internet gambling the equivalent of using a tank to kill mosquitoes.
"I recommend the free OpenDNS. It provides great control over blocked sites," says online tech commentator Kim Komando in her syndicated news column. "And the gambling category blocks most online gambling sites."
OpenDNS runs software platforms designed for home use as well as schools and businesses. Their software gives the owner of the computer system choice of up to fifty different categories of content, including online gambling.
Opponents of regulated Internet casinos say that even well-regulated online gambling will corrupt children through exposure. But such blocking technologies puts the responsibility back in the hands of the parents, removing the government's need to intervene with heavy-handed abandon, violating individual freedom in the name of safety.
Businesses and school districts around the US successfully employ systems like OpenDNS to keep computers from straying into forbidden zones. Concerned individuals can do so as well, leaving calls for government bans as unnecessary overkill.
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