Seven Reasons to Avoid TalkTalk HomeSafe

ISP-supplied “safety” filters sound helpful. They also sit in the path of every request you make, decide what you may see, and fail in ways that are hard to debug.

Use a browser you keep updated, a separate ad- or tracker-blocker if you want one, and a real anti-malware tool on the machine. Do not hand the whole household’s DNS to a marketing feature because it came in the welcome pack.