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Fighting Porn Vs. Ruining Innocent Lives
After news of the conviction of a substitute teacher for endangering minors — because porn popups, possibly initiated by adware, had appeared on her computer during class — comes the even sadder story of 16-year-old Matt Bandy. His family's life was turned upside-down when he was charged in Arizona with possession of child pornography, even though the family computer was riddled with spyware and Trojans. After the intervention of ABC's 20/20, Matt finally was allowed to plead to a lesser charge (namely, sharing a Playboy magazine with friends) and just barely escaped being labeled a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Now let's figure ruining your life into into that total cost of ownership.
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"If you have an Internet connection, high speed, through, let's say, your cable company, or through the phone company, that computer is always on, and basically you have an open doorway to the outside," said Tammi Loehrs."So the home user has no idea who's coming into their computer."
Call me crazy, but can't this last issue be fixed by locking your door? If you keep your doors locked, then it's really not too hard to figure out who's coming into your computer. Although, I've got to say that coming into one's computer gives new meaning to Intarweb porn. Maybe she should teach her son that there are safer places to come.
popups, spyware, viruses, trojans & worms are all part of the microsoft windows experience...
Jail Gates! Jail Gates! Jail Gates!
Table-ized A.I.
is 'fighting porn' aka 'mud wrestling'?
That's because sex offenders are unholy merchants of sin, corrupting our children with the devil's ways. Next you'll want notification when a priest moves into your neighborhood.
Making you think you're crazy is a billion dollar industry.
... priceless
Engineering is the art of compromise.
Tell me about it.
Although, I'm starting to think that our District Attorneys here in AZ need a gift subscription to Playboy...
Man, lemme tell you, it's tempting!
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius. -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Oh, for crying out loud, it's Amish, not Omish! If you were trying to make a joke about impedence (which I hope you would resist) that would be spelled "Ohmish".
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not entirely sure about the universe - Einstein
Remember, the US is still a very young nation. It's history as a country only goes back 350 years or so. Even then, present American culture only really took off after World War II. So it hasn't even been 70 years since what we consider "American society" took root. Compared to the history of even just European society, for instance, that's virtually nothing.
So it's no wonder that they still have an aversion to boobies. It's something they'll grow out of, likely once the first generation of people exposed to the Internet for virtually their entire lives start to become politicians and hold office. They'll realize that a bouncy pair of titties are a wonderous sight, and some vulva now and then is good for the health.
A car is metophocially almost 100% identical to a computer
The car is also prone to attack
Auto theft has varying levels of success
Leaving the keys in the ignition (no password)
Leaving the keys in the ignition and doors unlocked(no password, no firewall)
Crappy ignition (bad password)
Crappy ignition, doors unlocked (bad password, No Firewall)
Anti-virus/adware (car alarm)
Don't Forget the weakest point of a car is always its Windows
Tell me, "irc.goatse.cx troll", do you have a good reputation to protect?
If you are using Windows, the odds are good this could happen to you.
This just in: Slashdot user irc.goatse.cx troll (593289) cares about his public image.
Seriously, you make good points, but with that comment when posting with that nick you were asking for it.
Centralization breaks the internet.
...by mentioning his full name in the article, /. made sure that any searches for + "sex offender" will turn up hits for decades to come. Nice work.
If you can read this sig, you're too close.
Heh, when I was 16, I bought my own computer (333MHz yada yada). I caught my dad using mine for porn.
When I caught him, I told him to save it to (my documents)/homework/images/ .
Guess what... My mom found out and threw a FUCKING fit.
"Ah,' said Arthur, "this is obviously some strange usage of the word "safe" that I wasn't previously aware of.'
Well,... it kind of reminds me of the 'olden' days where horse porn was used as a form of 'WTF' factor.
Always stick to granny porn; you're flying safe there.
And who's to assume these internet grannies aren't indeed 15 year old girls with strange rapid-aging diseases??!?!?!
Constitutional rights may be respected, repealed, or modified; but they must never be ignored.
It IS a country built by Puritans, people so uptight that the British kicked them out.
"Empathise with stupidity, and you're halfway to thinking like an idiot." - Iain M. Banks
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