Can I disable WiFi or password protect Safari on my teenagers iPhone?

Someone else might know more, but I don't believe that there is a way to disable or password-lock Safari. You could set up a block to MySpace in your home router if your model has a firewall that allows blocking of particular web sites; many do. But that wouldn't stop her from accessing MySpace through some other wireless access point. Since she apparently knows what your house rules are but is using the iPhone to get around them, it might just be time to take away her iPhone and give her a phone without a web browser.

Can you say "bye bye?"
No way to password protect Safari. If she intends to defy you,
take the phone away from her. (one guys opinion)

Since she's disobeying the rules, it's time to take the phone away from her. She needs to learn consequences.

Just turn on security on your home wireless router, and don't give her the password. Simple!

If any of my kids went to such lengths to defy my rules, they would be saying goodbye to ANY phone...and video games...and TV. I think you get the point. In my house you earn things, and then you earn the right to keep them.

But that's just me.

-SB

She's going to find MySpace, Facebook, etc. away from your house using someone else's computer, school computers, etc., and just putting on security on your router won't stop her from going to a site with free WiFi and connecting. MySpace, Facebook and all the others are not inherently evil, but evil people sure can be found there...and at malls, schools, hospitals, neighborhoods, etc. You'd be far better off teaching her how to be careful...in all places, real or cyber...rather than trying to keep the world at bay.

If you are determined to keep her away from this stuff through technology, get her a very simple cell phone that does not have internet capability. You also need to make sure her plan does not allow for texting either.

This still leaves friends houses. school, coffee shops, etc.

A lot of schools are starting to block social networking sites.

The bottom line is when she's in her own home, the rules mom & dad set are what she should have to abide by. Letting her keep the phone is saying that there are no consequences when household rules are broken.

Buying her the phone in the first place is sort of a waste if you are going to turn off Edge and WiFi. And if the concern is pedophiles then they really need to cut off texting.

"A lot of schools" is meaningless if her school is not blocking them. And what about the local coffee shop, bakery, her friend's houses, are they going to block these sites?

I have no problem with when she is in her parents home they set the rules, they can block the sites, etc., etc. and I said they should not only take the iPhone but never give it back to her. Her having a phone is a safety issue, and I think a good thing, and as worried as they are they might want to consider one of the new ones where they can track her whereabouts.

If version 2.0 (coming out in late June) has parental controls, you could block it then (either just specific sites or Safari itself, depending on what parental controls, if any, get added). For now, see if your home router can block by domain name or IP address or range.

You could go to the main computer that setted up the wi-fi then you can block that certain mac address on the iphone by blocking it on the mac or pc or whatever you set up the wi-fi on . hope this helps.

Message was edited by: speedmazoku411

Do you not want her to have access to just MySpace, or the internet in general? If it is the Internet, you could block the iPhones MAC on the router. However, I question why you got her the iPhone in the first place. 🙂 MySpace is a bit iffy, Facebook, less, but still iffy. I am 18 myself, so I know a bit how it is, having grown up in the time MySpace has grown in popularity. I really would hate to give out parenting advice as I am far from being one. Take it as more of advice from somebody who finally appreciates the restrictions my parents placed on me when I was that age.

While blocking is good, it is also very important to teach them safety. Like many people have said, kids are devious, they will find a way. If her friends are on MySpace, she will find a way. Trust me, schools blocking it doesn't even help is stopping it. Teach online safety. One thing I have heard is allowing them to be on MySpace, but making them ad YOU as a friend allowing you to somewhat monitor who they friend and such. Someone also mentioned that fact that Version 2.0 is supposed to have Parental Controls. I would assume that would allow the things you have described. We can only hope they port from Leopard and allow times and such to be added.

Quick question, do YOU have an iPhone?

Hilarious thread with all this parenting advice; it makes the site feel more human doesn't it? I'm not a parent, but I am wondering if you've had the discussion and tried to educate your daughter about what it is you object to and why - then allow her some space -no pun 🙂 - to formulate an opinion. With so many laws, threats and punishments out there to prevent something that will happen in spite of it: education, courage and self-determination is a better way to counter threats than bans and confiscations; fear of retribution can leave a person with no experience of how to deal with difficult situations in later life. The most you can do is damage limitation by removing the iPhone - kids love technology and have plenty more ideas on how to use it than their parents ever will.