Apple probably thought of that. They will probably filter every bad text message content, including bad words that include spaces, i.e. ** **
GO APPLE!
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Apple probably thought of that. They will probably filter every bad text message content, including bad words that include spaces, i.e. ** **
GO APPLE!
Perhaps if one raised them right, they wouldn't need to spy on them.
My parents never needed to "spy" on my brother or myself.
Anybody who believes that is not in the know. I'm around about a thousand kids every day and I'd advise anyone to trust none of them. Not that I don't love them, but because I do.
Also, there are plenty of kids "raised right" who still need to be monitored. I know a young lady who was suspended for sending inappropriate pictures to a boy she liked. Straight A's, athlete, great family, well-mannered. This sort of supervision could have prevented her mistake.
I was a great kid by all accounts, but if I could have gotten a girl to send me some pictures of herself with the technology at the time, you're out of your mind to think I wouldn't have.
Perhaps if one raised them right, they wouldn't need to spy on them.
"Raising them right" requires attentive supervision. Which unfortunately you seem to equate with "spying." Some of us call it "parenting."
Damn I finally agree with you on something.
As I told my son if you are doing nothing wrong then you have nothing to hide.
Why in the name of god would I have ever trusted my son, knowing the crap my wife and I tried to pull when we was his age. Hindsight is 20/30, not perfect but pretty damn good.
If you think your parents were saints or prudes I laugh in your general directions.
If I were to take you literally, my entire post would have to be in all caps for it to even make any sense what-so-ever. *ALL* caps in a paragraph means shouting. Partial use for key words is the same as bold text (i.e. emphasizing words louder the same way you would when talking or using bold text). Yes, there are markup text options on this message board (you have no other choice but perhaps an asterisk (*) when there is no markup available). Even so, markup text is clumsy and slow compared to typing without it, especially when you you're used to typing nearly as fast as you can think of what you want to say (i.e. 100+ WPM). Picking up the mouse (and stop typing entirely) is even slower. I suppose if you type at 10wpm it wouldn't matter much. What amazes me is that someone would bother to stop and reply to a message over the capitalization of a few key words for emphasis to begin with.
I think your return key is broken there, bud.
Funny, those of us who recognize whats actually going on are deemed conspiracy theorists. Our freedoms and individual rights are being taken away at a alarming rate and those of us who actually have something to say about it are conspiracy theorists.
Personally I think this is a great feature for parents to be able to utilize on their childrens iphones. however this is not a feature I want enforced on me as a adult at 40 years old!
Being around a thousand kids is not the same as being around the kids you raised from babies. I'm not saying people don't make mistakes anyway, but what kind of example are parents setting for their kids if they spy on everything they do and never show an ounce of trust in them after they've instilled values in them? You have to start giving your kids more leeway as they get older as they prove themselves worthy of trust of they will start to resent you and that's not a good thing either.
That sort of "supervision" can drive kids to rebel against their parents completely too. Love/Attraction can lead anyone to make mistakes. Besides, many of us played 'doctor' when we were kids and the world didn't end because of it. I think some of these anti-'sexting' laws don't take account simple nature into the figures. It's one thing when adults are trying to get pictures of children and quite another when teenagers are simply attracted to each other. I'd worry more about unplanned pregnancy than someone sharing a bikini photo or the like. It's not the school's job to supervise outside areas that don't concern them either, IMO. That should be the parents' job. Suspending a girl over sending a photo of herself to a guy she likes is ridiculous, IMO. I remember zero tolerance fighting rules back when I went to school and they didn't account for who started the fight or anything and they would ruin a good student's life with a bad record when the bullies that started couldn't care less. I once got punched on the bus by some nut kid and I couldn't even defend myself lest I would have got suspended too and screwed up my school record and possibly affected my chances for a college scholarship. These sorts of rules may be deemed "necessary" by some, but I find some of them just plain stupid. I did then and I still do now. People can disagree on how to raise their own kids, after all. It's not some government bureaucrat's job. They're even more screwed up than most of the kids.
The difference is I don't consider that some high crime. I used to download photos of Cindy Crawford off a University computer before the WWW existed. Was I misusing their resources? Perhaps, but I didn't hurt anyone in the process either. Like I said, I'd be more concerned about my kid doing things other than sharing photos with a girl. The prisons in this country are more crowded than ever and I think resources would be MUCH better served in this world going after actual criminals than kids being kids. We need less traffic police and more criminal investigations.
I think your mouse button is broken there, guy.
Ridiculous
I find this a bit ridiculous. Over the past few years, the rise of parental control applications has been staggering. I'm sick of it. Let the kids do whatever they want on the internet.
This also awards apple yet another hold on what its users can do (this time with parental permission however). Still, I hope that many parents opt out of using this
I find this a bit ridiculous. Over the past few years, the rise of parental control applications has been staggering. I'm sick of it. Let the kids do whatever they want on the internet.
This also awards apple yet another hold on what its users can do (this time with parental permission however). Still, I hope that many parents opt out of using this
I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess you're not a parent? Neither am I, of course, but it seems to me the ones posting crap like this don't have kids to worry about. If you did, you'd know there were plenty of things you don't want your kids doing on the internet. Is filtering a good idea? As a backup, for some kids, yes. It's not right for everyone, but it's a good technology in the right situation. Without a doubt, however, parents need to make sure their kids are not just doing whatever they feel like doing on the internet. It's a dangerous place even for an adult, and while it's overall beneficial, it's to be navigated with care, and for kids, with supervision (either direct in the case of young children, or indirect through filters or simply the knowledge that your parents have the ability to check on what you've been doing).
jW
I think your mouse button is broken there, guy.
iPads don't have mouse buttons, chief.
Ah, then it's your finger that's clearly broken. It keeps hitting the reply button when you have nothing useful to say.
Ah, then it's your finger that's clearly broken. It keeps hitting the reply button when you have nothing useful to say.
It's more useful than half the posts in this thread, guy.