[TriLUG] Blocking a linux laptop (Mint 17) from connecting to an open wifi ap.

[Thomas Delrue via TriLUG]

I second Matt in that there is no point in trying to censor your kid's
internet access (because if that is the case, you're obviously also
looking into disallowing installing/downloading the Tor Browser Bundle,
amirite?). After all, boundaries and rules are there to be broken.

But he may just be trying to prevent his kids from printing "Hello, I am
your printer and I want to play a game..." on the neighbour's printer
from time to time.
Chris, are you trying to prevent the laptop from connecting to this
specific open network or to any non-approved open network?

All that being said, if the kid is old enough to know about connecting
to different open networks, it may be more productive to just have a
sit-down with her/him/it/... Trust goes quite a way!

(Hey, when did this list turn into trilug-parenting at trilug.org?)

On 01/26/2017 03:51 PM, Matt Flyer via TriLUG wrote:
> If you stop and think about it, they're very likely going to be limited
> to finding that which they're of an age to know enough about to find.
> 
> To put it another way, if they're old enough to know to search for
> "boobies" then they obviously already know about "boobies" and probably
> know enough to get around any parental controls.
> 
> The likelihood that they will stumble onto "bad" content by mistake is
> pretty low.
> 
> On Thu, 2017-01-26 at 15:42 -0500, Todd Edwards via TriLUG wrote:
>> Letting them "explore" on the neighbor's open wifi might not be the
>> worst
>> idea you've ever had.
>>
>> Todd
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 3:32 PM, Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG <
>> trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 26 Jan 2017, Christopher Blackmon via TriLUG wrote:
>>>
>>> Is there a way to block a linux laptop from accessing an
>>>>
>>>> open/unsecured/no-password wifi access point?
>>>>
>>> You could let your kids explore the world on their own and let them
>>> ask
>>> questions about what they find. It worked for my kid.
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
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