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Apple Makes Crude Teen iPhone Sexting Obsolete (Then You Woke Up)
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Your iPhone can now be sext-free. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
They came up with a way to block teenagers from "sexting" -- that is, sending sexually explicit text messages -- on their cell phones.
Ha! Game, set and match!
And there is no way kids are going to get around this, no way they are going to come up with their own codes and new slang terms to outwit the techno-censors.
The Chicago Tribune reports Apple has patented new software parents can use to filter text messages that contain "objectionable content." That means kids won't be able to drop the F-bomb or use other obscene words in their text messages.
This will stop them dead in their tracks because teenagers have very limited creativity when it comes to finding new and improved ways of being lewd and lascivious.
Not really, of course. By the time Apple is ready to patent the next level of anti-sexting software, teenagers across the country will already be releasing Crude 6.0.
Still, Apple boasts no other device has a way "to monitor and control text communications and make them user appropriate."
That's not quite true. There is one. It's called "The Parent."
It can limit or eliminate cell phone usage when the young user becomes too profane. The only way kids can possibly get around it is by earning enough money to buy their own cell phones and pay the monthly charges.
Good luck with that, kids.
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10-16-2010 @ 3:07AM
Terri Yanick said...I know parents that have taken away their kids' phones, only to have the kid go and purchase a prepaid cell. You don't need anything to do this, but the money for the phone, and to purchase an airtime card, so kids always find ways around their parents. I think the cell phone companies should help parents by making restrictions on purchases. You must be 18, (with proof!), to purchase a prepaid cell phone or airtime card, that way kids can't circumvent parental restrictions. Make it as hard to buy a prepaid cell as it is to get cigarettes or alcohol.
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10-27-2010 @ 9:59PM
ChickODee said...Well, I think that's a bit harsh considering certain facts. There are perfectly mature teenagers out there who buy a prepaid cell because that's the only thing they or their family can afford, like I had to before I turned 18. Not to mention my parents grounded me from everything and anything just because I didn't clean my room well enough or something, and I had no way to contact my partner, who was going through a sexual issue with a family member (and my parents were fully aware of this). although that's a rare issue, it's something to take into consideration. Parents should just keep an eye on their darn kids.