DROID DOES X-Rated app from Android Market
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For the sake of research, the guys at Phandroid downloaded the app to check it out and found that nothing worked. After agreeing to the End User Agreement, a screen entitled "Staff Picks" was loaded revealing nothing but a blank page (and no, it wasn't that they went blind) and other options, when pressed, would lead to a "forced close". Phandroid closed by reminding everyone that downloading a site from an unknown party presents enough risk without then using the unknown party's site as a gateway to other sites from more unknown parties which then raises the risk level sharply higher. Curiosity killed the cat and your phone does not have 9 lives, so keep that in mind.
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25 Comments
1. jundibasam posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:44 0 0
sake of research, eh? It is the nature of open source. My guess is that the people who clamored for an open source for so long will be the ones that are now crying foul over the offering of x-rated apps. Google should develop some type of parental control feature or filter and offer it as a free app on the phone to filter out such apps, but considering then they would have to rate each app's content, that may be a step in decreasing the openness of their OS. Sticky situation indeed (no pun intended).
3. remixfa posted on 30 Nov 2009, 07:45 0 0
google already doesnt allow "adult rated" content on the app store. no nudity, ect. i guess since this is only a portal, its acceptable. the beauty of open and free is.. YOUR RESPONCIBLE FOR WHATS ON YOUR PHONE, not the manufacturer. cry foul to someone at Apple, they like to control your phone... ooor.. TAKE RESPOCIBILITY FOR YOURSELF and dont download it if you dont want it. I hate people that want to ban things from everyone because they dont like it. Your morality isnt the group mentality. Obviously there is a niche of people that would like this kind of app, and there is no legal reason why they shouldnt be allowed to have it.
10. YouLostTheGame posted on 30 Nov 2009, 15:27 0 0
While I do agree with what you are saying, I only agree with it to the extent of consenting adults. This is why there are filters and guards on things like video games systems, TVs, etc. Coming from a parents perspective, one cannot always trust the responsibility of children.
19. remixfa posted on 01 Dec 2009, 09:40 0 0
and since when can you trust the responcibility of adults? these are the same adults that keep getting fooled into voting for obama and democrats... lol
20. remixfa posted on 01 Dec 2009, 09:42 0 0
and in the end, how many kids old enough to have cellphones havent seen porn yet? lol. if they are too young for porn, they are too young for that much phone, which solves the problem indefinately.
22. concerned123 posted on 21 May 2010, 19:03 0 0
remixfa, you are an idiot. how many kids do you see playing with their parents phones? moron. my child does flashcards on my droid and plays games. she also watches sesame street on youtube on the droid while we grocery shop. so, who makes you the boss of what my 3 year old can and can't accidentally see on a droid. maybe one day you can become a parent and screw up your own kid, but until then don't speak on what mine or anyone else's can accidentally see. my ten year old sister has not seen porn, and she uses a phone. grow up or get lost.
25. tom8 (unregistered) posted on 04 Jan 2011, 11:39 0 0
To concerned123, you do know you can access porn on a Droid if you want, right? What does it matter what app is installed? You can go to the web browser and see all you want. It is people like you that have ruined this country. You want everyone else to do your job as a parent. If your kid can accidentally see something on your phone, why would you have it downloaded on there in the first place? Idiot
24. hindsight (unregistered) posted on 05 Aug 2010, 14:24 0 0
You talk to your child like that? Seems kind of hypocritical.. but anyway.. Anyone who tries to dictate to me or my kids what is best for them deserves a punch in the mouth.. I'll be the judge of that and any consumer product or manufacturer that determines what is best for me or my kids will not get my support.. thus the reason I don't own an iPhone or any apple products for that matter. Regardless of what is available on the Android OS, I prefer to have the ability to "choose" for myself.. thus my support. Be it porn or sesame street.. the topic is irrelevent.
2. dandirk (unregistered) posted on 30 Nov 2009, 07:42 0 0
That is a great idea... Parental controls. I think it would work. List the definitions of your ratings, and pull any app that does not meet said raitings. Hopefully this would force devs to rate themselves more honestly. Don't know much about android but I assume you can still manually install apps so the market is not the end all be all... I disagree that the same people that clamored for open source will be the same that cry foul. People that understand what open source is will understand the costs. Its the people that DONT understand what open source is that will cry foul, aka soccer mom's.
4. jami_rs posted on 30 Nov 2009, 10:22 0 0
For those who want adult content that's great, but parents whom have children with the phone and an app should be available to block children use of adult apps... However it is the parent’s responsibilities to watch there kids are doing with phone, pc ...
5. biggles posted on 30 Nov 2009, 10:31 0 0
Parental controls? The only parental control appropriate here should be self-control. If you're worried about your 12 year old accessing inappropriate material on the Android market, try not giving them a smartphone in the first place.
6. phone333 posted on 30 Nov 2009, 11:28 0 0
True !!!... Kids can access X rated sites from any web enabled PDA. I Guess Parental control would consist here of completely disabling Internet access on the device
7. Fan_of_Fanboys posted on 30 Nov 2009, 11:31 0 0
Whats your problem? Going around the internet spouting your logic and common sense. There is no place for that kind of rationale here! See what I did there?
8. vzw fanman posted on 30 Nov 2009, 11:50 0 0
actually with the lack of flash, a lot of sites don't work. ;-) or the ones that do work you have to pay!
9. biggles posted on 30 Nov 2009, 12:59 0 0
Verizon offers some sort of parental control feature for $4.99/month. Not sure what all that encompasses and whether or not it's limited to feature phones, but I think you can disable web access at desired times of the day among other things.
14. brikz4real posted on 30 Nov 2009, 20:52 0 0
That feature blocks numbers, disables texting during certain times, and alerts users when they are about to exceed their minute usage allotment. They're called "Usage Controls" and you are right .... they cost $4.99 per line you want to have them on. But to set the rating of content that a line can access is free. That's simply called Content Filtering. You can set the rating standard and the user of that line can only view from that point on down ( example: setting it to PG-13 means they can view PG-13, PG, and Y for Youth ).
16. E.N. posted on 30 Nov 2009, 23:09 0 0
Okay but Android is not only on phones like the Droid and Hero. It runs on phones like the G1, myTouch3G and the Eris too. This app might not work on some of the dummer phones that exist now, but in the future there could be. So I don't think it's as simple as don't buy your kid a smartphone.
12. overratediphone posted on 30 Nov 2009, 18:45 0 0
for christ sake ... if the kids too young to see some titties then hes too young to have a goddamned smartphone of any type ... people have to learn to take responsibility for their own kids and if the parents dont know what the kids are watching and doing then its their own fault and therefore they forfeit all rights to whine. I guess my main point here is SHUT THE FUCK UP NOBODY CARES
