Seriously? No kids? It is a search engine (*cough* not as good as Google *cough*. Any search engine lets you access porn, hell, even Google has an app now that produces a thumbnail for your search results (I'm not so sure about it playing a video on hover however, that might just be Bing); if you can't trust your kid enough to use a search anything, how do you think any school work, any essays, research projects may get done? Now, sure, there's porn out there in the world (WE GET IT, the world is a "bad, bad" place *Oooooh*), but, d*** it, if we cannot get past a silly little matter as "This might let my kids look at porn," then we are doomed. That's like taking your kid to a convenient store, and noticing the cigarettes behind the counter, and then rushing them out saying, "Oh, these might give you cancer if you are even staring at them!" Parents, get over yourselves. Your kids are kids. That's how it has always been, and always will be. Seriously.
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Excellent search engine with really poor protections.
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What Parents Need to Know
About Bing
Parents need to know that Bing, an excellent search tool, makes it too easy to find and watch Internet sex videos. All a child has to do is hover a mouse over a sex video thumbnail and it starts playing. Unless you set your preferences to "Strict" we actually don't recommend kids use Bing. (Shortly after launch, Microsoft came up with a fix that involves pasting the url www.explicit.bing.net into Internet Explorer's list of sites to block. While this works, most parents either won't know about this fix or actually sit down and block the porn access.)
Read our full review by Carla Thornton
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about sex before kids see it in action on the Web, which has for some time now been rife with free, hard-core porn; Bing just makes it easier to find. Respect for oneself and others, disease, pregnancy and parents’ personal beliefs can all be a part of the discussion.
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- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Just Another Search Engine
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Educational
Great search engine!
It's Great I can't believe they said this isnt good for kids! People are too picky! This is a better google and good. I reccomend it!
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Educational
Great search engine!
It's Great I can't believe they said this isnt good for kids! People are too picky! This is a better google and good. I reccomend it!
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Educational
Great search engine!
It's Great I can't believe they said this isnt good for kids! People are too picky! This is a better google and good. I reccomend it!
- I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Safety is an issue
Not a big deal
I think it's stupid to say an entire search engine is bad because you can find porn through it (all search engines are like this) but I tested the porn video thing to see if it was really true and it is. BUT, I assumed the clip would be played on mute, like youtube preview clips. This is not true and the sudden sound after the brief load scared the crap out of me! Hahaha Anyway. This review is in general very silly. Any search engine can be used to find porn.
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