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

[QUOTE=Lone_Star94;25384773]When beatings were ruled uncivil and fell under the terms "child abuse."[/QUOTE] He's not talking about physical abuse, he's talking about actual contact between the parent and the child. Nowadays parents use TV and censoring tools and internet blocks on pages to ''teach'' their child, because they're idiots who have never learned about the principle of telling your child what is right and wrong and then also letting make a mistake or two. Can you imagine if your parents told you that pizza is delicious but then never let you taste it because they already told you it was good and you don't need to find out for yourself anymore? Same thing. (not really directed at you, just speaking generally here)

[QUOTE=Electrocuter;25382761]If this happens then teens that do this will just get a phone that's not from Apple.[/QUOTE] Or just start sending pictures instead.

If they forced this I'd be mad, but it's an optional thing, and since it's the parents paying for the phone...why not?

iPhone too expensive for your parents to buy you? Just tell them about this feature! You'll be with your new iPhone in no time.

Whoever disagreed with me has clearly never seen Battle Royale.

This is good, and bad. For one it takes away the responsibility of the parents, then the kids dont learn their lesson. Then in the real world they say or do things they shouldnt. All because Apple wanted to see more family friendly. But at the same time, Assuming it blocks word's like Fuck, Damn, Shit, Ass, Motherfucker, Bitch, etc. Whats so bad about those words? After all they are only words that society has demonized to be bad.

Steve Blowjobs

Apple is also working on patenting fascism.

Wow and this is the same Steve Jobs that hired people on whether they were a virgin or not. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwYy8R87JMA[/media]

Besides, Apple are Patent-Whores. I can prove it: [url]http://www.patentlyapple.com/[/url] Just scroll through the first page.

[QUOTE=69105;25382528]good, set some morals for idiots who even bother to do this. he's got my support.[/QUOTE] ^ doesn't get any

[quote]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.[/quote] smartness: iphone edition

[QUOTE=69105;25382528]good, set some morals for idiots who even bother to do this. he's got my support.[/QUOTE] Grr take away freedoms because I don't like this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What the heck does Apple think it's doing by butting into people's rights like this? Whether you condone sexting or not, this is still dumb.

[QUOTE=Symmetry;25385796]What the heck does Apple think it's doing by butting into people's rights like this? Whether you condone sexting or not, you should be appalled by this.[/QUOTE] They aren't actually, they give the option to activate this or not, and that option is likely on the parents, who are to decide what's best for their children.

Sheltered suburban kid syndrome, yo. The kids are going to be more prone to breaking the rules if their parents are uptight dickwads.

i.s.t.i.c.k.m.y.p.e.n.i.s.i.n.y.o.u.r.v.a.g Work against that sort of thing?

[QUOTE=Craptasket;25382544]Good. kids need to pay more attention in school[/QUOTE] If I can't get my rocks off while reading Hamlet, school just isn't worth it.

[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;25386118]i.s.t.i.c.k.m.y.p.e.n.i.s.i.n.y.o.u.r.v.a.g Work against that sort of thing?[/QUOTE] I'd assume they'll ignore punctuation in their pattern checks.

[QUOTE=Symmetry;25385907]Sheltered suburban kid syndrome, yo. The kids are going to be more prone to breaking the rules if their parents are uptight dickwads.[/QUOTE] There's no such thing

This won't work. Kids can't write for shit. They'll write "i fuk u so hard in ur pusy", not "I'm fucking you so hard in your pussy."

[QUOTE=UnknownDude;25386349]This won't work. Kids can't write for shit. They'll write "i fuk u so hard in ur pusy", not "I'm fucking you so hard in your pussy."[/QUOTE] That's what they're expecting

[QUOTE=UnknownDude;25386349]This won't work. Kids can't write for shit. They'll write "i fuk u so hard in ur pusy", not "I'm fucking you so hard in your pussy."[/QUOTE] Doesn't take a genius to take that into account.

99% of apple's patents are just there to patent shit, they almost never do any of this calm the fuck down, it's better than having google looking through your texts for this kind of stuff

[QUOTE=ifaux;25386466]99% of apple's patents are just there to patent shit, they almost never do any of this calm the fuck down, it's better than having google looking through your texts for this kind of stuff[/QUOTE] It's no different.

[QUOTE=Tetracycline;25386309]There's no such thing[/QUOTE] There's such a thing as parents alienating themselves from their children by imposing needless and easily broken restrictions on them. If a kid can't relate with their parents, and sees them only as a hinderance on their lives and as an invasion of their privacy, then they are usually less likely to listen to them in the first place. When parents instead take the path of developing a mutual trust between them and their children, and show evident respect for their children's life choices and activities (barring those which are morally questionable, of course), a more understanding and flexible relationship is developed. If parents are worried about the possibility of their children sexting (which they shouldn't, by any means, everyone deserves their privacy), then they should be able to talk to them about why they're uncomfortable with it. Maybe even convince them to think twice about it. Imposing restrictions like text messaging censorship would just be another element contributing to a poor relationship.

[QUOTE=Symmetry;25386868]There's such a thing as parents alienating themselves from their children by imposing needless and easily broken restrictions on them. If a kid can't relate with their parents, and sees them only as a hinderance on their lives and as an invasion of their privacy, then they are usually less likely to listen to them in the first place. When parents instead take the path of developing a mutual trust between them and their children, and show evident respect for their children's life choices and activities (barring those which are morally questionable, of course), a more understanding and flexible relationship is developed. If parents are worried about the possibility of their children sexting (which they shouldn't, by any means, everyone deserves their privacy), then they should be able to talk to them about why they're uncomfortable with it. Maybe even convince them to think twice about it. Imposing restrictions like text messaging censorship would just be another element contributing to a poor relationship.[/QUOTE] Parents like to abuse their power of parenthood by looking through their kid's private stuff sometimes, because apparently we have absolutely 0 rights

They have a million patents. They rarely implement any of them. I doubt this one means anything

[QUOTE=SomeRandomGuy18;25387148]They have a million patents. They rarely implement any of them. I doubt this one means anything[/QUOTE] They will most likely add this as an optional feature to their iOS. It will help to serve as a fall back for them, in case some asshole parent attempts to sue because they caught their kid sexting using an iPhone.

I really couldn't give much less of a shit about the privacy breach (because I'm not a stupid teenage girl), but how the fuck are these kinds of patents allowed? What the hell is wrong with the US patent office?