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The problem is that there are a lot of tech-illiterate parents who have no idea how to do these things. For example, I use OpenDNS for filtering at my house, but it requires you to change your router settings. That's above a lot of, perhaps most parents' heads.
I have no doubt about that. Still, it is the responsibility of each person to educated themselves if they are unhappy with this issue. Solutions are available and it should certainly not be the responsibility of others to shoulder the burden when other are incapable of finding a personal solution.
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As for what is pornographic or not, there are various databases compiled of sites that visitors overwhelmingly considered "pornographic". ("Pornography", "nudity", etc. are blocking categories on the OpenDNS toolbox). Perhaps ISP's could contract through companies like OpenDNS (no promotion intended). Ideally, they would enable filtering by default to prevent children whose parents are negligent in this regard as well as adults who are not too into these sites but sometimes visit them, as pornography presents a great harm to society.
Indeed. Still, people's sensitivities vary widely and it is impossible to have a solution that fits all needs. A friend of mine from Germany was sitting in front of Whole Foods using his computer to catch up on news back home. He was unable to access a major news magazine (Stern) because it had been put on Whole Food's database as inappropriate. It's about as offensive as Time...
So much for going to the library to look at porn..............
The Brooklyn man stabbed in the chest at a library Tuesday insists he was simply searching for a job — not surfing skin sites.
Ransom Alton, 52, spoke from his East New York home less than a day after Ralph Neptune, 46, allegedly knifed him on the second floor of the Brooklyn Heights Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library.
Neptune sprang into action after seeing what he believed was a porn video on Alton’s screen, police sources said.
“He stabbed me in the chest,” Alton said. “I had just sat down and gone online — it happened so fast.”
“He said something about somebody messing with his girlfriend or wife,” Alton continued. “(Then) he attacked me.”
I can easily re-create the block page I made for work - which includes a button that says "Unblock Me" to where an email is sent to the SysAdmins with the URL of a page that is being requested for unblocking. From there, I can check out the page on my own and decide whether or not to unblock it.
White listing is always easier than black listing and it's 100% effective. I know if I had a child especially a very young one that's the way I would go about it.
White listing is always easier than black listing and it's 100% effective. I know if I had a child especially a very young one that's the way I would go about it.
At her current age (5), pure whitelisting would be easier - but I monitor everything directly as it is... so it's pointless. As she gets older, she's going to need access to more and more sites (especially for doing research for school). In the long run, it's easier and more effective for me to run with a blacklist and whitelist combination and maintain it. Squid is pretty handy for this.
I have no doubt about that. Still, it is the responsibility of each person to educated themselves if they are unhappy with this issue. Solutions are available and it should certainly not be the responsibility of others to shoulder the burden when other are incapable of finding a personal solution.
Indeed. Still, people's sensitivities vary widely and it is impossible to have a solution that fits all needs. A friend of mine from Germany was sitting in front of Whole Foods using his computer to catch up on news back home. He was unable to access a major news magazine (Stern) because it had been put on Whole Food's database as inappropriate. It's about as offensive as Time...
Note that this wouldn't mean the internet would be censored for EVERYBODY - rather each subscriber would have the choice whether or not to censor out pornographic (and other objectionable; e.g. drug use, proxy filters, etc.) websites. If this was offered at no charge, it would probably not raise ISP fees by more than $1.
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