Firefox add-on Glubble too clunky and restrictive as a children's Internet filter

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jul 21, 2008 10:06 AM EDT
Linux.com; By Tina Gasperson
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Glubble is a free proprietary Firefox add-on from Glaxstar that limits the activity your child can perform online by blocking access to Web sites and filtering Google search results. For parents, a tool like Glubble can seem like the perfect answer to the problem of protecting kids from the unsavory elements of the Internet. But as I discovered through my use of Glubble, the questions surrounding the idea of Internet filtering don't come with easy answers.

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