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Why is this blocked by my ISP under "Pornography"?

kristofferR 15y ago
Because you have a poor ISP. No proper ISP should block anything (except maybe child porn, but that's a slippery slope). Change your DNS to either Google's (8.8.8.8) or OpenDNS. If you live in a repressive country prohibiting pornography you should get a VPN. I'm satisfied with my choice of strongVPN.com
- __rkaup__ 15y ago
  Unfortunately, that repressive regime I live in is my mum's house.
  - burgerbrain 15y ago
    You should get a VPN/shell host somewhere then... or better yet, tell your mom to knock it off.
    - MichaelApproved 15y ago
      "tell your mom to knock it off." There could be young children who have access to that computer or that network.
      - 0x12 15y ago
        Just imagine they learned about Apple.
      - burgerbrain 15y ago
        In my years of experience: 1) Filters never block shit. 2) You don't "accidentally" find porn anyway. But god forbid they hypothetically see a breast.
        SoftwareMaven 15y ago
        #2 is patently false and the biggest reason I don't try to train people not to use Google as their URL bar. It is not cool when a tween kid tries to visit the Poly Pocket web site and finds something very different. #1 is partially true. It won't block somebody trying to get around it, but it will prevent #2 from happening. And a breast is the least of concerns with some of the trash parked on misspelled domains.
        burgerbrain 15y ago
        "It is not cool when" Seriously now, what is the worst case scenario? This is a fabricated concern.
        liber8er 15y ago
        Most definitely. My 8-year old girl is going to have to learn about fisting and BDSM at some point. Preventing that would just make me crazy and over-protective.
        burgerbrain 15y ago
        Raise your kids like you want, but I would argue that the potential positive gain to be had from telling your daughter that you trust her to be responsible and come to you if she has problems is far far far greater than the: [probability that she will randomly run into that while she is still 'too young'] multiplied by [whatever harm that could conceivably cause]. I know protective parenting is all the rage, but think about it rationally.
        SoftwareMaven 15y ago
        I don't even know how to respond. It is not a fabricated concern because it happened to my kids' babysitter in my house. Having experience with what happens when a kid goes down a pornography rabbit hole, the worst that can happen is a screwed up life. Will seeing porn guarantee a screwed up kid? Of course not. Does porn have the ability to screw a kid up? Yes. I'll take a few steps to keep my kids and those who come to my house safe so I have the opportunity to provide a foundation so when they come across it, they aren't screwed up by it.

Because you have a poor ISP. No proper ISP should block anything (except maybe child porn, but that's a slippery slope). Change your DNS to either Google's (8.8.8.8) or OpenDNS. If you live in a repressive country prohibiting pornography you should get a VPN. I'm satisfied with my choice of strongVPN.com

__rkaup__ 15y ago
Unfortunately, that repressive regime I live in is my mum's house.
- burgerbrain 15y ago
  You should get a VPN/shell host somewhere then... or better yet, tell your mom to knock it off.
  - MichaelApproved 15y ago
    "tell your mom to knock it off." There could be young children who have access to that computer or that network.
    - 0x12 15y ago
      Just imagine they learned about Apple.
    - burgerbrain 15y ago
      In my years of experience: 1) Filters never block shit. 2) You don't "accidentally" find porn anyway. But god forbid they hypothetically see a breast.
      - SoftwareMaven 15y ago
        #2 is patently false and the biggest reason I don't try to train people not to use Google as their URL bar. It is not cool when a tween kid tries to visit the Poly Pocket web site and finds something very different. #1 is partially true. It won't block somebody trying to get around it, but it will prevent #2 from happening. And a breast is the least of concerns with some of the trash parked on misspelled domains.
        burgerbrain 15y ago
        "It is not cool when" Seriously now, what is the worst case scenario? This is a fabricated concern.
        liber8er 15y ago
        Most definitely. My 8-year old girl is going to have to learn about fisting and BDSM at some point. Preventing that would just make me crazy and over-protective.
        burgerbrain 15y ago
        Raise your kids like you want, but I would argue that the potential positive gain to be had from telling your daughter that you trust her to be responsible and come to you if she has problems is far far far greater than the: [probability that she will randomly run into that while she is still 'too young'] multiplied by [whatever harm that could conceivably cause]. I know protective parenting is all the rage, but think about it rationally.
        SoftwareMaven 15y ago
        I don't even know how to respond. It is not a fabricated concern because it happened to my kids' babysitter in my house. Having experience with what happens when a kid goes down a pornography rabbit hole, the worst that can happen is a screwed up life. Will seeing porn guarantee a screwed up kid? Of course not. Does porn have the ability to screw a kid up? Yes. I'll take a few steps to keep my kids and those who come to my house safe so I have the opportunity to provide a foundation so when they come across it, they aren't screwed up by it.