by Michael Gallacher

I know our kids need to develop their own internal filter, but reducing accidental exposure to inappropriate content is crucial. OpenDNS is a great service that everyone should be using as a first line of defense against unwanted web content. I’ll tell you why I recommend it, how it works, and what you need to do to get it.

Before I go any further, let me be clear on a couple points.

• First, I am not affiliated with OpenDNS in any way besides being a very satisfied customer.
• Second, a technically savvy individual can easily circumvent OpenDNS. OpenDNS filters content on the web. It is superb at preventing accidental exposure to unwanted content, but it doesn’t completely block access to the content. There are a bunch of great products out there which will “lock down” your computer, but OpenDNS isn’t one of them.

5 Reasons why I…