Peer Pressure Porn Filter

Highwayman writes "Wired magazine presents one man's approach to stopping online pr0n 'Instead of relying on filters, the approach, which NetAccountability has been pitching primarily to religious groups, calls for Web users to share records of their online activity. Users pick a friend, spouse or other confidant who receives a regular report showing which sites they visit, highlighting potentially objectionable material.'"

Yes, this is so cool

[Raul654]

Think of it as a new way of recommending sites to your friends :)

Whoah. What a concept...

[Fesh]

Big Brother might actually turn out to be your big brother...

This is a great idea.

[Upright Joe]

Knowing the guys I work with, this technology could possibly allow me to build the best list of free porn sites ever.

good idea for other reasons

[Anonymous Coward]

This is a very good idea. It could potentially weed out other sorts of people as well. For example, I visit Slashdot about eighty times a day. I am embarassed about this addiction. If I could notify someone who cared about me, then I might be able to get support to stop it.

Addiction to websites is a serious matter. Online gambling is on the rise, pornography is problematic, and addiction to chat forums like Slashdot and ICQ NSync channels is a big problem for people. As an additional plus, this could be used to recognize and weed out subversive political and religious views, and stop people from looking at questionable material in those veins.

Dude,

[quintessent]

You surfed goatse, like, 20 times this month!

Who would trust a guy named

[Xiarcel]

"Chuck Swindoll"?

It sounds like a bad Simpsons joke...

Re:yeah, but...

[bill.sheehan]

That's just what we'd expect a filthy disgusting moral leper of a pervert to say.

Sophomore Chem Class...

[somethingwicked]

Teacher hands out quiz...

Scribble on paper briefly...

Ignore for 20 minutes...

Teacher-"Trade quizes."

End result:
Jason-"Yeah, Chris got a 98"
Chris-"Jason got a 96"

Yeah, this should be effective *grin*

Freshmeat again!

[orthogonal]

"You prev! I see from the NetAccountablity log you've been "browsing" FreshMeat again!"

"But honey, it's all about software! Honest!"

"Software, hardcore, whatever, it's all dirty!"

Re:Big Difference

[llamalicious]

Hmmm, and to think that I and my friends look pr0n because we enjoy it.

Oh the horror!

Type for new linux distro.

[Anonymous Coward]

Pornix, a bootable linux cd with a stripped copy of xfree86, kde, konqueror and mplayer. All history tracking will be sent to /dev/null, your files will be stored in a special encrypted partition that needs a password to boot the cd, and a password to access the partition. A panic key which quickly loads http://www.yahoo.com is also included.

For all normal uses, you can surf without the cdrom. Don't forget to keep it safe.

Really?

[Raul654]

They would be able to find those themselves in the wad of stuff I visit.

Too easy...

Re:This is a great idea.

[Anonymous Coward]

I agree. This is the most idiotic plan I've ever heard of. Bound to fail.

OK, I agree to send a list of all sites I visit each day to ... yer mom.

Re:Who would trust a guy named

[mrjive]

I've sold porn filters to Ogdenville, North Haverbrook, and Brockway, and it sure put them on the map!

Ug...

[spoonist]

I've already explained to my wife that Freshmeat [freshmeat.net] isn't a pr0n site. Now I would have to explain that to someone else too? Great...

(As a side note: my wife's actual comment was "Freshmeat? A porn site? Cool! Let's see!")

Could limit Slashdot usage

[PizzaFace]

Hell, if people saw their own Slashdot usage, they'd be appalled.

This reminds me of a joke

[bperkins]

Why do you always bring two Mormans fishing?

Because if you bring one, he'll drink all your beer.

Not mine...

[stardeep]

I think my two straight brothers would be quite bored by the porn sites I visit...

I can hear them now: "Where are the girls!?" *grin*

Re:good idea for other reasons

[fobbman]

We all know about your addiction. I see your user name posting all the time on Slashdot. You really should get a life.

Re:Sophomore Chem Class...

[tgd]

If I was Jason, Chris would be stuffed in a locker after class for only giving me a 96 when I gave him a 98.

Re:Yes, this is so cool

[Anonymous Coward]

It reminds me of an ad for some internet filter on TV my wife and I saw.

TV: "There are over 1,000,000 pr0n sites on the web..."

Me: "Wow. Look like we have some catching up to do."

Cyberconfessions:

[Joe the Lesser]

TimBrown233: Father, forgive me, for I have sinned.

TheRevster31: Do not be disheartened, child, for Satan, also known as the Hun in your case, tempts us at all hours.

Re:This is a great idea.

[Game Genie]

on the subject of great free porn: Usenet.

Hurry Up!!!

[scott1853]

For the next hour feel free to surf all the porn sites you want, the NetAccountability server will be experiencing "technical" difficulties.

Re:Big Difference

[Medieval]

People attempting to live their lives according to an external and somewhat objective standard is just so medieval.

Hey dammit! I look at pr0n too!

My thoughts exactly

[commodoresloat]

After all, it was peer pressure that got me started on pr0n in the first place!

Kinda reminds me of a joke:

[taliver]

When you go fishing, why do you have to take 2 mormons?

Because if you only take one, he'll drink all your beer.

Calm down everyone.

[Qender]

Robert K. Bowfinger: We're finished! It's over between us!
Daisy: But why?
Robert K. Bowfinger: You slept with Jiff.
Daisy: So?
Robert K. Bowfinger: You know, I never thought about it that way.
Daisy: So I'll see you tonight?
Robert K. Bowfinger: What time?

Re:Problem and solution

[unicron]

Porn slacker my ass. These kids nowadays got the internet. Back in my day we spanked it to scrambled porn while listening paranoid and scared for someone to come through the front door. We earned every second of our porn.

Re:Big Difference

[geekoid]

see, Mathew practically tells us it's ok to look at a man lustfully... no wait.

it's a joke, laugh. or don't.

Re:Freshmeat again!

[bovilexics]

I know the parent post is being sarcastic but I know similar consersations have happened many times in the past between many different couples, myself included.

I had a little explaining to do when my wife saw the following bookmark in my browser -

• Welcome to the Tight Rack Home [tightrack.com]

• What is tightrack.com, hmmmm?
  Welcome to the tight rack home?!?!

Needless to say I had a little explaining to do but things were quickly cleared up. BTW, this is a site for a really cool pool table accessory that they actually use in the professional ranks. Safe to view from work.

Totally contradictory

[exley]

"... Brandon Cotter is urging moralistic Web surfers to take matters into their own hands"

Isn't "taking matters into their own hands" the problem that they're trying to solve?

Re:yeah, but...

[JaxGator75]

HA HA HA!!! "Catch someone red-handed..." HA HA HA!!!

You just made my day!

Re:yeah, but...

[Tackhead]

> sexuality is not a commodity, nor are women.

You're new to this Internet thing, aren't you? :)

Re:Big Difference

[Anonymous Coward]

The Law of Moses, i.e. every single scripture that you cited, was fulfilled with the coming of Christ. Jesus replaced the "eye for an eye" Old Testiment doctrine with the "Love thy neighbor as thyself" doctrine.

Every single one? So are you saying that burned bull no longer smells pleasing to the Lord? Have you got a cite for that?

Re:Problem and solution

[buckthorn]

I remembering having to cat together messages then run them thru uudecoding and finally FTP them to a Mac before I could get to see it proper. I thought Free Agent was a miracle.

exchange

[sstory]

Someone I know in the future: "Hey Steve why don't you install this software so we can all monitor each other and make sure we don't sin?!"
Me: "Why don't you (^%^@($#)*#&*&#(&# my *#*#^&#$^$*&*$*$ you #*^@%#$*$(*#(&#."

Re:Problem and solution

[Anonymous Coward]

You had it good. I had to hold borrowed 8mm film strips up to the light because no one I knew had a projector. Take a second and imagine how wide 8mm is, and the skill of holding it steady while doing other deeds.

Re:yeah, but...

[jxs2151]

Holy Sh1t! Your answer to exploitation in the sex industry is OSHA and a labor union?

What's your answer to child abuse? Applying Six Sigma techniques to leather belt manufacturing?

Marz would be so proud....

Re:Yes, this is so cool

[hobbesmaster]

As for females, I simply don't know. I'm not one. And I make a point to stay away from them.

Such is assumed, you're on Slashdot last I checked... ;)

Re:Problem and solution

[Anonymous Coward]

You had 8mm film? In _my_ day we had to find a black and white magazine in a foreign country and hide it in our sock while we walked out of the store because we didn't realize it was legal to buy pr0n in Europe at 12 years old.

Or maybe that was just me.

Re:Yes, this is so cool

[end15]

Hey this is a great idea. Finally we can save ourselves the bore of watching it online and finally get the energy to watch it at the underground orgies all our friends have been talking about.

Re:Yes, this is so cool

[plalonde2]

I stopped buying porn. Now I buy lottery tickets. The fantasies are better. And more likely.

Re:yeah, but...

[good soldier svejk]

That is the key. Lust after, love, enjoy and explor, care for, enjoy as much as possible . . . your wife.

That is the Jewish perspective, which I outlined for the Thomas.Galvin's edification when he claimed that the "religious perspective" was that lust is bad.

Luckily my wife and I are atheists who lust after anyone we please and enjoy porn to our heart's content, together and alone.

Re:Problem and solution

[Anonymous Coward]

Black and White magazines! You were lucky. All we had to look at was poorly drawn naughty pictures on the wall in the boys bathroom.

Re:Yes, this is so cool

[minektur]

"If your parents want you to install it, and you are a legal adult, then frankly, it is none of their business."

If your parents want you to install it and you are a legal adult, stop freeloading off your parents and get your own damn apartment and isp.

If they pay for the internet access, and pay for house you are using it in, they can say how it is used, you slacker.

Re:This is an excellent idea

[TClevenger]

Looking at pornography is a subtle form of adultery, whether you'd like to admit it or not.

Wow, so when my wife and I are watching pornography together and have sex during the show, does that mean we're having a threesome?

Re:Yes, this is so cool

[nitehawk214]

If you had a million dollars I bet you could hook that up.

Re:Problem and solution

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, newsgroups are the shit. I still chuckle thinking there are kids out there on google typing "warez+0 day" in the search box.

Re:yeah, but...

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm really sorry, but I can't help it. No, I watch porn with your wife all the time.

Re:Yes, this is so cool

[Joe Tie.]

Now I buy lottery tickets. The fantasies are better. And more likely.

I always figured the person standing ahead of me in line scratching off lottery tickets, while I strugle to not drop my armload of groceries, somehow was getting off on it.

Re:Big Difference

[colorblind]

Wow. You're a shameless Karma whore, and a gigantic fucking plagiarist.

That's awesome, dude.

Next week....

[Anonymous Coward]

In order to keep married couples from performing sinful sexual acts, all members of our church are now required to have sex in the pastor's office under his supervision.

Tapes will be made available for memebers of the flock to review as a system of check and balances.

they can have my list of internet usage for free

[phrantic]

it's here [slashdot.org]