Obviously, I know its impossible to completely child-proof a PC, but theoretically, what steps would you take? Assume its a laptop with internet access, meaning you’d want local solutions and something like a pi-hole wouldn’t work well.
I would personally assume, you’d want to:
A) discourage internet exploration by offering ready-to-use options for most needs, such as thumbnails/bookmarks for common websites.
B) Implement some sort of blacklist for common or easy-to-stumble-upon negative content. Maybe something as simple as a Ublock filter?
C) Robust monitoring tools, although I have no idea what.
Edit: To be clear, I know education is the number one tool, but let’s say a tech illiterate friend is asking for help. What might you set up for them, or recommend they use - tools to assist in parenting, not replace it.
That would NOT have worked on me.
“What were you doing?”
“Researchkng where to hire hitmen for murder.”
I always incriminated myself so far beyond what I actually did, and it was obvious I was lying, that it momentarily distracted my dad from what he was doing. Then he’d forget, and not realize he never figured anything out. He just got bullshitted by a teenager.