One of the key aspects of accountability is that it opens doors for communication. It “breaks the ice,” so to speak. It does this even for people who never get a high-scoring site, simply allowing the partner to ask the question, “How are you doing?”
Well, in this case, a son was indeed looking at pornography, [...]
The Covenant Eyes call center has been receiving an unusual number of calls from our members who use Zone Alarm. Several people who have called in have not been able to access the Internet. While this ‘technical snafu’ isn’t caused by the Covenant Eyes software, our Customer Support Representatives have helped many people with the problem.
Zone Alarm has now issued [...]
The Covenant Eyes office will be closed on July 4th as it is a federal holiday for our employees. Our customer service call center will not be opperating on the 4th. We will, however, be open on Saturday the 5th for our normal opperating hours.
(The following post is from a friend and avid reader who wants to remain anonymous. I asked him to write up some book reviews for our blog. This is his first installment.)
The Purity Principle is a concise 100 page book that contains Randy Alcorn’s impassioned plea for readers to live a life of sexual purity. [...]
June is Internet Safety Month. The US Senate has set June aside as Internet Safety Month for the past several years because of the growing awareness of online dangers. The best tool we have to prevent these dangers from influencing our children is good education.
Here’s a Top 10 list of some past blog posts I’ve [...]
Everyone’s heard of Internet filtering. For children using the Internet, filtering may be one of the best tools we have to protect their young minds from stumbling on questionable, objectionable, and pornographic content online.
But even the best filters only address part of a widespread problem. Many children can easily learn how to get around a filter: [...]
It’s been about one year since Covenant Eyes released its Internet filter for Windows. Many users of our accountability program wanted a filter as well, so we created one that would work hand-in-hand with our accountability service. Of course, it also works as a stand-alone filter, but it is based on the same scoring system [...]
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has been the standard handbook for mental health professionals for over 50 years. A release of the approved fifth edition, the DSM-V, is expected in 2012.
In a recent editorial, Jerald J. Block, M.D., discusses the possibility that “Internet Addiction” may be appearing in the new manual. [...]
We’re gearing up to go to our first Promise Keepers’ Manhood ‘08 conference in Fresno, CA. Our long-standing partnership with Promise Keepers has been a great blessing to us, and this upcoming conference is no exception. (Click here for more information about the conferences.)
Meet Sam and Scott. They’re the two smiling, well-dressed guys in the [...]
I am happy to announce a power system backup test this Friday! We will be doing some testing of our generator and backup at 4AM EST. Everything should be wrapped up by 7AM EST.
Our Vice President of Technology, Scott Hammersley, had this to say about the test.
At our global headquarters we have generator and power supply [...]
