Phones for kids?

[localzuk]

Hadn't even thought of that option, my mind was elsewhere. Seems to me there's a market for an Android ROM to be made for just this purpose... I say Android as it seems be the most logical base to start with; it already has a large number of devices, can be fairly simply ported to work on any Android device and is open source so the framework is already there to be built upon.

Indeed. OpenCV is also available for Android already, and skin detection is easy in that (its about 15 lines of code!). It wouldn't be a *huge* project to make such a release for someone with the time/skills.

[edutech4schools]

Not sure what it was called but you can get an app that completely locks selected items for android phones. You can log in as an adult and select what buttons, apps, messaging, etc the little ones can access and they are not able to restore default phone settings

[edutech4schools]

Just found this
https://www.kytephone.com/

[localzuk]

That looks very interesting, if only it didn't have a centralised tracking system! It'd be great if companies like Google, Apple and Blackberry could introduce such an app by default though.

I wonder how that app handles someone doing a full reset back to factory defaults.

[glennda]

O2 require age verification on internet traffic on all mobile devices connected through its network (not broadband), but only for what is classes as adult sites.

Safety, Control and Access - O2