Safe and managed browsing
on the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Parental Control Software for the iPhone and iPod.
To get started with iWonder
Surf, you will have to configure the device immediately
after installation. There are two parts to setting up
iWonder Surf to effectively filter and monitor web traffic
on your iPhone or iPod touch. The first step is to install
and configure the iWonder Surf software itself, and the
second it to enable restrictions through the Settings
control panel on the iPhone or iPod touch device.
Configuring and installing iWonder Surf for the
first time on the first device
The first time you launch iWonder Surf you
will be presented with the standard splash screen that
tells you to begin surfing the web. Please note that any
attempt to go to a website will put you into the
configuration screen. The configuration must be completed
before iWonder Surf will allow you to surf any websites on
the device. If this is your first installation, and you do
not have an iWonder Surf profile, you will touch the
“Create iWonder Profile” button. This will allow you to set
up a master account to control all of the devices in your
family.
Initial Set Up For Creating A New iWonder Surf
Profile
After
selecting the Create iWonder Profile button, your device
will prompt you for your email address. Your email address
is what you use to log in to the iWonder Surf management
console to view traffic, enable controls, etc on the
devices. Since your email address is unique and is not
easily forgotten it’s ideal to use it for your login name.
After you enter your email address, the device will prompt
you to create a password. At this point, enter your
password, and then verify the password. The final box asks
you to name the device. This is the name of the device that
will show up on your iWonder Surf management console
screen. So for example, if this is Jimmy’s iPhone, you may
want to name it Jimmy’s iPhone. The device name is
important, especially if you have multiple iPhones or iPods
in your household, as this will allow you to set different
rules for each device, and monitor these devices
separately. After entering the password and device name,
touch the Register Device button. After a few seconds you
will get a confirmation screen that says the device has
been initialized successfully and that you may begin
surfing.
Configuring and installing iWonder Surf for
additional devices
After you have installed iWonder Surf on one
device your iWonder Surf profile has been created. You will
want to keep all of your devices under your single profile
so that you can monitor each device with your single log
in. Setting up a second, third, fourth, fifth, etc device
is very similar to the way you set up the first one,
however this time you will touch the Add To Existing
Profile Button.
Setting Up iWonder Surf On Additional Devices
As with the initial
installation, you will be prompted for your email address,
password, and to name the device. The difference here is
that you will use the email address you set up the first
time you installed iWonder Surf, rather than create a new
one. When this is complete, touch the Register Device
button. After a few seconds you will see the confirmation
screen and will be able to begin surfing the web.
Restrict Safari by using the tools provided by
Apple on your iPhone or iPod touch
In order for iWonder Surf to be effective,
you will have to enable restrictions on your iPhone or iPod
touch to prevent your child from using the Safari browser
(as it is packaged with the iPhone and iPod touch). It’s
important to note that even though they are not using
Safari, they are using the Safari engine within the iPhone,
so all websites and content will show up just as they would
using Safari.
To Restrict Safari on your iPhone and iPod touch, perform
the following:
Set restrictions:
1. Choose Settings from the Home Screen
1 Choose General >
Restrictions, then tap Enable Restrictions.
2 Enter a four-digit
passcode.
3 Reenter the
passcode.
4 Set the restrictions on
Safari by selecting the button next to Safari and making
sure it is ON.
By doing this, Safari will be removed from the
iPhone and iPod touch home screen. You can drag the iWonder
Surf icon to the dock (bottom) of the phone if you choose
so that it is in the same place Safari used to be.
To manage your devices, enable and disable websites
and view activity, log in through your Mac, PC, or iPhone
To manage your devices, sites, etc - log in
to http://manager.iwondersurf.mobi/ from
your Mac, PC, iPhone or iPod touch.
Sign in to the above website with your email address and
password that you established on your iPhone or iPod touch.
After signing in, you will be presented with the main menu.
You can then Manage Users and Devices, view other Life
Record Inc products available, contact support or sign out.
iWonder Surf Management Login and Main Menu
When you select the Manage
Users and Devices menu, you will be shown a list of the
iPhone and iPod devices associated with your account. The
status screen shows you summary information, including the
device name, the current settings (Allow All, Filtered,
Disabled), a View Traffic link, and an Edit Profile button.
If you would like to see the websites that a particular
iPhone or iPod has visited, click the View Traffic link for
that particular device.
iWonder Surf Device Selection and Traffic
View
Viewing Traffic For A Specific iPhone or iPod touch
After selecting a device and the View
Traffic button, you will be shown a list of every website
that device has visited within the last 30 days. If the
user looked at something specific in that website (for
example, a particular profile on MySpace), you will also be
shown the link to view that profile directly. Next to the
website address, date, and time that the site was visited,
you have the option of visiting that site directly from
your Mac or PC, and to block that site directly. Clicking
the View Site will open that website in a new window on
your computer. Clicking the Block Site button will
instantly block that site and that device will no longer be
able to visit that site.
Edit Device Profile
You will notice on the main device
management screen a button that says Edit
Profile. You can edit each device individually and
provide different permissions for each device. If you have
a young child and a teenager, you may wish to impose
different restrictions on them. When you edit a device, you
are presented with the device configuration screen.
Individual Device Configuration Screen
You will be presented with the
device name that you are configuring, the current setting
(Filtered, Allow All, or Blocked), and buttons to Allow
All, Block All, and to Edit Blocked Sites. You will also
see at the bottom of the screen an option to “Block All
Known Porn Sites”. We will go through each setting
individually below.
Settings Click To Allow All
If you select the “Allow All” function, the
device will have access to everything on the internet,
regardless of any blocked sites you have set up for that
device, or if you have the managed filters enabled
(intelligent porn filter, etc). Allow All does exactly what
it says, it allows everything. Logging is still enabled, so
you will be able to see every site the device visits,
however no site will be blocked.
Settings Click To Block All
The “Block All” function renders the device
inoperable for web traffic. It disables all web traffic on
the device. If the owner of the device tries to go to a web
site, they will be stopped with a blocked message, and the
attempt will be logged. So, even if a device is disabled,
you will see what website the device owner attempted to
visit.
Settings Edit Blocked Sites
Selecting the Edit Blocked Sites button will
show you a list of all sites that you have explicitly
blocked for that device. You can then enable site, or leave
it disabled. It allows you to enable sites that you may
have blocked earlier, or block sites that have not been
blocked before.
Intelligent Block Lists, Such As Block All Known
Porn Sites
Below the regular device configuration you
will see options for intelligent block lists for different
subject matters. Depending on the configuration you have
selected, this list may have more than one option for you,
but all profiles will have the Block All Known
Porn sites. Next to the filter type, you will see
if that filter is currently enabled or disabled. Please
note that the sites located within an intelligent block
list cannot be edited. They are automatically built by the
iWonder Surf servers and updated automatically. If you
enable an intelligent filter, all sites within that filter
will be blocked. If you disable the intelligent filter, all
sites in that filter will be permitted unless you have
explicitly blocked them for that device. You can enable and
disable intelligent filters by clicking the Enable or
Disable function.
It is important to note that intelligent block lists are
constantly updated. Currently there are almost one million
websites classified as pornography in our database. That
number grows daily based on new sites becoming available.
If you enable an intelligent filter, when we update the
filter, the block list is automatically updated for each
device that has the intelligent filter enabled. By enabling
the intelligent porn filter, as new sites are found, they
are automatically blocked without you having to take any
action.
Getting Assistance
We’ve tried to make the iWonder Surf
application as easy to use as possible, however if you have
questions, we encourage you to contact us. You can use our
online contact form at http://contact.liferecord.com/, use
the support link inside of the iTunes App Store, or
visit our user forums at http://forums.liferecord.com/.