Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Apple Awarded Patent for Sexting...?

An interesting article (linked via Slashdot).  Apparently Apple has been awarded a patent that lets parents filter what their children's phones send and receive.

I'm somewhat for this, in the sense that I do approve of parental controls over their kids phones, especially younger kids.  But at what point do we say, hey, you're overstepping your bounds into our privacy, cut it out?

8 comments:

  1. Yeah, it depends on the age of the kid, I reckon.

    But, not only does it keep foul shit off your kid's phone, but it also teaches them not to put foul shit into it.

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  2. that fuckin sucks. fuck apple srsly. just let kids do whatever, fuck

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  3. ha. way overstepping... i pity the teens who have to deal with this... oh god.

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  4. Man apple's just nabbing up all the patents they can. Mobile phone lawsuits are a mess.

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  5. I dont think filters are innovative enough to deserve patent protection :/

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