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Apple Awarded 'Anti-Sexting' Patent
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Of course it's optional.. This is nothing more than a parental control feature..
Of course it's optional.. This is nothing more than a parental control feature..
Someone critized these "kids today." You agreed. I believe that the kids' behaivor is no different from what I used to do as a kid.
So, yeah, I take that as a direct comment on me whether or not you meant it that way.
What do you think it would be? Apple is adding the technology to empower you, the user, to use it or not.
They will have put their good faith efforts to address a compromise to groups who would like Apple to nurse maid their lives.
Apple will leave the power up to the individual to manage and this tool will aide them in it.
Any what are "such things" in this case? Completely destroying the freedom of their child so they're raised to behave like a slave, rather a mature individual capable of making their own decisions.
Such parent should be the real targets of CPS.
This has been on the CNN ticker all day... Besides, unless every message goes through a moderator (yeah right, privacy) then it is always easy to bypass foul language...just spell it differently. Instead he could have said:
I cannot believe I studied for the math test for five faucking(tons of variations for this one) hours and only got a C. Check out the attached.
Now, kids have conversations like this on a daily basis at school, gonna patent that too? You cannot censor speech, but you can try.
I cannot believe I studied for the math test for five faucking(tons of variations for this one) hours and only got a C. Check out the attached.
Now, kids have conversations like this on a daily basis at school, gonna patent that too? You cannot censor speech, but you can try.
Its not just a tool. Its a means of overreaching control, and anyone who finds it necessary needs therapy, for you're out of touch with normal humanity.
So, they are patenting a keyword filter? The same ones that have been on every forum since Prodigy? How is this new?
Also, as others have mentioned, isn't most sexting done with pictures? Seriously, bad words are the least of parent's worries with cell phones. With FaceTime and cell phone cameras and so on, kids can have their exploits all over the internet in seconds. I wonder if anyone's patented a car backseat filter to prevent parking.
Also, as others have mentioned, isn't most sexting done with pictures? Seriously, bad words are the least of parent's worries with cell phones. With FaceTime and cell phone cameras and so on, kids can have their exploits all over the internet in seconds. I wonder if anyone's patented a car backseat filter to prevent parking.
It's a parental control option, yes parents can lock it down on their kid's iPhone. Apple is not making anyone give up their "free-speech" rights
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Great, let's see....Hummm.....If I were a censor in a large Asian nation, I guess objectionable text could be defined as "freedom" and other very bad words.
Great, let's see....Hummm.....If I were a censor in a large Asian nation, I guess objectionable text could be defined as "freedom" and other very bad words.
Whoah There..... Until you're 18, you don't get the privilege of completely private conversations. Even then you may not get complete privacy ESPECIALLY if you're 18 and your girlfriend is 16 or 17....
I used to do that too (didn't we all?) And remember how much you learned about her in those conversations? Remember just talking? Getting to know people, sharing stuff, getting things off your chest? I think it's sad that today's society doesn't really seem to talk any more.
Your average teenager conversation these days goes like this:
hey sup
nm u?
nm
lol
ya
bored?
ya
me 2
lol
[long pause]
g2g man
kk
ttyl
bye
Your average socially active teenager is carrying on this exact conversation with 5 different people at the same time.
Calm down. The work camp is only optional. That makes it ok for it to exist.
How silly, Filters will only make kids use simpler terms to say the same thing.
Or maybe resort to sending a photo if a hand written note.
Or maybe resort to sending a photo if a hand written note.
I love all of the impulsive responses, all of which clearly didn't read the article.
Please read it first.
That said, yes, it will be optional, yes, it will be under preferences, and yes, it will be under the current parental control settings. Is this really that awful? If you're on here and you're 14, maybe, but for 99% of users (especially those who are adults ) you'll never see it unless you have kids and implement it for them.
I fail to see the outcry. They're giving MORE options, not less for once.
But of course this won't stem the tide of the break-neck reactions like Apple is now censoring all of your content or something.
Please read it first.
That said, yes, it will be optional, yes, it will be under preferences, and yes, it will be under the current parental control settings. Is this really that awful? If you're on here and you're 14, maybe, but for 99% of users (especially those who are adults
) you'll never see it unless you have kids and implement it for them.I fail to see the outcry. They're giving MORE options, not less for once.
But of course this won't stem the tide of the break-neck reactions like Apple is now censoring all of your content or something.
I look at this as a parent
I have two children, both way to young to even have a phone, but when they get older (early teens) I can see parents wanting some control over what their children are using the phone for, especially if the parents are paying for it.
I don't know if I would necessarily use this feature, but I could see other parents using it. Why would anyone assume that Apple will force this feature on all users without an options to turn it off/on?
I have two children, both way to young to even have a phone, but when they get older (early teens) I can see parents wanting some control over what their children are using the phone for, especially if the parents are paying for it.
I don't know if I would necessarily use this feature, but I could see other parents using it. Why would anyone assume that Apple will force this feature on all users without an options to turn it off/on?
so will this "parental control" keep up with the amount of slang words and acronyms that are constistently being created. kids or people in general always find a way around things, this is no different
It's the easiest thing to convert real words into words that no database can keep up with... I don't know them off hand but have seen many renditions on some phones/forum posts.
The patent was probably awarded due to the fact that it's going to be a function on a mobile-phone/portable electronic device that no other device has.
Everyone is missing the point of this... It would potentially be an option/function that people actually have control over. Calm DOWN!
The patent was probably awarded due to the fact that it's going to be a function on a mobile-phone/portable electronic device that no other device has.
Everyone is missing the point of this... It would potentially be an option/function that people actually have control over. Calm DOWN!