This doesn't seem like a step in the right direction...

[Aractus]

A Feature in Windows 10 might "Out" LGBT children to their parents.  

I'm all for parents having a bit of control over the internet usage in their homes, but I'm not sure what to think of this?

What do the masses think?

It actually sounds to me like a valuable feature for parents. Yes you should in principle monitor your child's access to the internet, however as we have more and more devices and laptops are becoming a standardised teaching tool in schools it does seem necessary to have other options available. This feature is already available from third-party software you know (NetNanny, Norton Family, etc), all it does is make it a core feature in Windows 10 meaning that parent's don't need to install third-party software to get the functionality. All I can say is that it's about time. This should have been a feature available since Windows XP.

I'm sure most kids turn it off.  They are far more techno-savvy than their parents.

Well assuming their parent's don't give their children's accounts Administrator status - no they can't "turn it off". Even with admin access you can install drivers in complete stealth that most kids would never be able to remove.

Note that I was able in 2011 to remove a driver-level virus that "nobody else on the internet" seemed to have been able to remove since 2009 without reinstalling windows once their computer had become infected (see this blog post). I was using AVG at the time by the way (I currently use Avast), I do know that I never mentioned that on the page and I made it sound as if I don't run anti-virus software - that was more my reflection of how I generally feel apathetic towards anti-virus software.

Yeah kids might be able to find the program in Task Manager, but they will never find it in Device Manager - not without uninstalling other important drivers the computer needs.