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We were better off without them.....
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Posted: 2005-11-06 02:29:00
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So was my wallet...
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Posted: 2005-11-06 02:39:42
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Posted: 2005-11-06 06:51:00
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Boys, the debate surrounding the regulation of the cellphone industry vis a vis porn and minors is really hotting up. I'm chatting to an IT buddy atm. His view is that the parents need to be held accountable for what's on their kids' phones... You guys won't believe the stories his wife, a State prosecutor, is telling us of the messes kids get into. What's scary is that so many of the stories the kids tell is that their involvement in sexual misdemeanours began with porn...
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Posted: 2005-11-06 12:32:00
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On 2005-11-06 12:32:00, Kryptik wrote:
Boys, the debate surrounding the regulation of the cellphone industry vis a vis porn and minors is really hotting up. I'm chatting to an IT buddy atm. His view is that the parents need to be held accountable for what's on their kids' phones... You guys won't believe the stories his wife, a State prosecutor, is telling us of the messes kids get into. What's scary is that so many of the stories the kids tell is that their involvement in sexual misdemeanours began with porn...
Yip thats a touchy topic, i dont think its the parents fault though... Its so EASILY acessable, so you cant blame them... Iv seen some kids phones they got 10x more pron than me... and i mean hectic/weird stuff... the worst i thing apart from little boys downloading smut is the little GIRLS making videos and the distribution of it... thats scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Theres no way atm of restricting it, without adults complaining bout their acess... and as long as things like b/t are around whether they download it from wapsites or not, they gona send through b/t anyway!!
its already out of hand....
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Posted: 2005-11-06 12:58:07
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That's why I say kids can only own "starterpacks" aka 3310 or any other phone without video or colour screen.
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Posted: 2005-11-06 13:09:00
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If only that was so,but kids,like MOST us,want to have as many specs as possible in a handset..
the 'brag factor' amongst their peers re phones only amplifies this,unfortunately.You know what kids are like.
The days many 'lighties' being content with a 3310 and playing a limited number of games like Snake have seemingly gone by,( a very general statement,I know...)and with the advent of phone prices dropping and features increasing,it's certainly not assisting the situation.
It is extremely concerning as to how the all-too-easily accessible smut and weird stuff XXX filth will affect young,impressionable minds.
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Posted: 2005-11-06 13:42:12
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On a serious note, networks can protect kids. Parents could send the mobile numbers of their kids to the network...all smut can thus be blocked from being accessed by certain numbers. I believe thissystem is already in place in the UK(wanqsta can confirm).
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Posted: 2005-11-06 14:24:00
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@ brix,
Yes,this does exist.There are numerous third party companies creating multimedia content filters for cellphones such as
http://www.nds.com/mobile_solutions/mobile_drm_solutions.html
but I really don't know which of the UK networks have these types of content restrictions available on request.
To tell you the truth,I have never seen this advertised here by any network,but have heard that it is available.
I will try find out more tomorrow at the local Carphone Warehouse;I'd like to know for future reference...
Although this will protect kids to some extent,obtaining X-rated content via Bluetooth,I/R etc. from friends and older sibling's phones probably remains the biggest culprit/s of uncontrolled content distribution.
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Posted: 2005-11-06 15:06:46
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About da xxx stuf, i think ne1 who uses gprs on der fones to download anytin hv come across porn, i mean 90% of sites ive been 2 have a adults only or xxx section... Urghh ...
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Posted: 2005-11-06 20:25:20
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