Apple patents anti-sexting parental controls, proving Steve Jobs is a virgin - Polidicks

[img]http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/3.0/global/header/us/hdr-tech.gif[/img] [quote](CNN) -- Apple has patented technology that could be used by parents to prevent their kids from sending sexually explicit text messages -- or "sexting." The technology, which has not been commercialized, would let a phone's administrator block an iPhone from sending or receiving texts with certain words. Messages containing blocked material either would not be received or would have the objectionable content redacted. Unlike other text blockers, Apple's version would also be able to filter content based on a child's grade level and claims to filter abbreviated words that maybe missed by other programs. The patent, awarded Tuesday, does not address the sending or receiving of explicit images. The U.S. patent, which Apple filed for in January 2008, could also turn these filters into educational tools, according to the patent document. Parents of kids who are studying Spanish, for example, could be required to send a certain number of messages per month in that language, according to the document. If kids did not meet the foreign language quota, their texting privileges could be automatically revoked until they send more Spanish-language text messages. Grammarians may cheer this innovation. The texting interface also could prod kids toward better grammar, requiring them to identify and fix spelling, punctuation and grammar mistakes before sending a message. So maybe the Apple texting tool will be the end of LOL-speak. Apple says old methods of monitoring and controlling text communications on phones have largely failed. Allowing kids to communicate only with a pre-set list of phone numbers or e-mail addresses is limiting, the patent document says, and does not address the content of the mobile phone communications, which Apple says is more important. Other methods of filtering only block certain expletives, Apple says, instead of trying to recognize the overall offensiveness of a message and comparing that to a kid's age and learning level. The blog TechCrunch asks if the patent will be the end of sexting: "Yes and no," Alexia Tsotsis writes on that blog, "as those interesting in 'sexting' will probably find some clever workaround to express how much they want to bang, screw, hit it or a myriad of other words that don't immediately set off the censorship sensors." The Daily Mail in the UK writes that this anti-sexting news "will be music to the ears of Tiger Woods. Or Ashley Cole, or Vernon Kay for that matter," referring to sexting scandals involving those celebrities. It's unclear exactly how this technology would be incorporated into Apple's iPhone products, but it would appear to work through the phone's built-in text-messaging application. Other texting apps aim to prevent texting while driving and let iPhone users send text messages without incurring charges from AT&T, the mobile carrier that has exclusive rights to the iPhone in the U.S.[/quote] [url]http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/10/13/apple.sexting.patent/index.html[/url] That just sucks dick... [img]http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/TECH/mobile/10/13/apple.sexting.patent/story.jpg[/img]

good, set some morals for idiots who even bother to do this. he's got my support. All dumb ratings on this post are people who cyber, yiff and sext (losers).

Wow, what a great way to instill trust between parents and children. Why not just put fucking tracer watches on them?

Good. kids need to pay more attention in school

[QUOTE=myalt22;25382537]Wow, what a great way to instill trust between parents and children. Why not just put fucking tracer watches on them?[/QUOTE] Apple hasn't had time to make them stylish. And they haven't added Flash to them. Give it time.

[QUOTE=Craptasket;25382544]Good. kids need to pay more attention in school[/QUOTE] Because kids totally sext in the middle of class. Well the idiots do. But you can't fix stupidity.

im gona rub my creamy icepops on u :))))

What ever happened to good old parenting... *sigh*

It will probably be effective most of the time, but you will always get the smarter ones who can maybe find a way around it.

Who sexts anyway, save it for windows live messenger or whatever.

[QUOTE=leontodd;25382669]Who sexts anyway, save it for windows live messenger or whatever.[/QUOTE] This.

shit

[QUOTE=geogzm;25382612]im gona rub my creamy icepops on u :))))[/QUOTE] :frog:

As long as the control is kept in the hands of parents I don't see the problem, it's like a family Internet filter. Yeah it's stupid as fuck, but it's their choice. Worse would be if it was up to the carrier, that would be censoring in every aspect of the word.

If this happens then teens that do this will just get a phone that's not from Apple.

[QUOTE=leontodd;25382669]Who sexts anyway, save it for windows live messenger or whatever.[/QUOTE] Ok, let's get a scenario going. Let's say your cruising around in your car, and it's a nice day out. You think to yourself "Man, I could go for some poo nay nay.". So, you hit up your girlfriend, or a friend with benefits, and you open up that messaging screen. "I want 2 fuk u." Sent. But wait: "Outgoing message contains banned text." Now what? Are you gonna call? Possibly. But if you don't, you'll be sitting at home, with your box of Kleenex and your bottle of Jergens, wondering what it could've been like.

[QUOTE=Zing!;25382720]:frog:[/QUOTE] wt bbe?? :)

More incentive to call and moan loudly into the phone. Aughh... Oooo.... [b]RAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHHHHH!!!![/b] Did you come? Nah my dog bit my balls.

It'll be funny if it only blocks proper vocabulary though.

[QUOTE=geogzm;25382783]wt bbe?? :)[/QUOTE] :smug:

Sorry, I sext in person.

I was going to text my fellow bird-watchers about the flock of tits I saw on my way home from work today, but Steve Jobs wouldn't let me.

Again Apple is telling us what we need and want, and again parents tries to absolve themselves of responsibility by substituting good parenting with technology.

Just use codewords to bypass the censors. I'd stick my floppy in her disc drive.

oh good, more gimmick accounts :frog: anyways, this can be set by whoever uses the iphone, so it's the kid's fault if he doesn't put a password on it

[img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9104987/apple.png[/img_thumb] Had to thumbnail it since it's so big. Too lazy to resize.

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[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;25382653]What ever happened to good old parenting... *sigh*[/QUOTE] When beatings were ruled uncivil and fell under the terms "child abuse."

[QUOTE=myalt22;25382537]Wow, what a great way to instill trust between parents and children. Why not just put fucking tracer watches on them?[/QUOTE] Or battle royale collars

[QUOTE=wewt!;25384805]Or battle royale collars[/QUOTE] I'm okay with this.