''Hareidi.org's Kosher Internet'' add-on software was not designed to be a censorship device. It is not meant to allow parents to leave their children to surf the internet unattended, and it does not change the legal ruling of the ''Gedolei Hador''. For those who are required and permitted to use the internet however, it provides a valuable service. It is meant to be a voluntary filter of unwanted graphics in the same spirit that privoxy was originally designed - to remove unwanted advertisements.
It is relatively easy to remove, disable or modify the software. The software also only filters webpages, it does not affect email, instant messaging, file sharing or internet gaming. To filter these other services, or to prevent tampering with the software, it is necessary to filter at the ISP level.
* For email, the easiest way to filter at the ISP level is to sign up with one of the major free email services such as[[http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo] or [http://gmail.com GMail].
* For instant messaging, file sharing or internet gaming the best solution is to sign up with a filtering ISP such as Internet Rimon (see resources below).
* If a filtering ISP is not available in your location, or is prohibitively expensive you can create your own filtering ISP by using a dedicated computer: