On November 14, 2002, Net Nanny filed for bankruptcy and was sold to BioNet Systems, LLC, a maker of bio metric security software in Issaquah, Washington. In 1998, the company expanded its offerings beyond family protection when it launched BioPassword, a bio metric security access system based on technology it acquired from Stanford University. He became inspired to create an internet protection service for children after viewing a sting operation on a pedophile soliciting a child online. Net Nanny was designed, created and founded by Gordon Ross in 1993 in Vancouver and moved to Bellevue, Washington in 2000. This prevents children from accessing blocked websites through proxies. Web pages (including dynamic pages) are blocked by content rather than URL, even over HTTPS.
Create custom black lists and white lists for websites.Monitor and block Internet content in various categories.Allow or block usage of child devices using ad-hoc controls or through a schedule.Modern versions allow complete remote administration of child devices through a web portal or parent applications. The original version of Net Nanny released in 1996 was a web browser that could filter web and IRC content, block images, and mask profanity.
