Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPod Family, Video
iPods with video support porn
Eric J. Sinrod (what a last name) is worried. He thinks that the new iPod with video is going to make getting and transporting porn much easier for kids and workers alike. Parents will have another front on which they need to fight to keep their children porn free, and the iPod is much easier to hide than a magazine.He also worries that the iPod's small size will make it trivial for workers to sneak pornographic movies into the workplace and watch them 'away from others.'
These are valid concerns, on the surface, however once you realize that the iPod has always made the transportation of porn easy (any portable hard drive does) then this iPod bashing is really unfounded. Kids, and adults, are going to find away to look at naughty content with or without a video enabled iPod. When I was a kid there were no iPods, nor was the Internet the porn filled bastion that is now, and we had no problem finding porn. Not that I looked at any of it, honest, mom, it was all my brothers'.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
SW said 1:17PM on 11-17-2005
Why do we need this kind of nannying?
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Adrian said 1:46PM on 11-17-2005
So so true, you do not need a video iPod to have portable pron. Thumb drives will suffice the need. More convenient ? Maybe... but who wants to squint while looking at that!?! Also I do not understand why in the world anyone would bring pron to work?
That seems slightly odd... The only reason folks l00k at pron at work, that I know of, is the highspeed connection. With DSL/Cable broadband that is no longer a need so, why anyone would bring their video iPod to work and pron it up... is beyond me.
Better yet how did this good fellow thing of this? Some thought must have gone into it... and what did this thought produce ? An argument about pron... which tells me he was thinking about pron and if he was thinking about it... he was surfin it.
Look in the mirror my good man. Look in the mirror... and turn that video iPod off..!
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teece said 1:47PM on 11-17-2005
These are valid concerns,
Um, no they're not. They are amazingly silly concerns. Even if I were a porn nanny (which I'm not), this would be an amazingly silly thing to worry about.
Workers with porn on iPods? Who the bleep cares?
Kids with porn on iPods? Well, you won't stop your kid from viewing porn with any technology. You'll do it by being a parent.
This is just really, really silly.
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Wheels said 1:58PM on 11-17-2005
I agree, the world is over wrought with worry-wort, Nanny types. Although I have to take a little issue with you said, Scott. While all you do need is a portable HDD to transport porn, with that HDD you still need a computer to view the content. A video iPod is a one stop transport/viewing shop - easily snuck into the bathroom or out behind the school. That being said, parents are the ones who should be monitoring what their kids are doing with their iPods, not Apple and not the worry-wort Nanny types.
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Kassandra said 2:11PM on 11-17-2005
I think all the worry about porn is rediculous. I think it's good that people will have more and easier access to it, so that maybe the culture will change a bit and people won't frown so much on personal enjoyment, i.e. masturbating. I really believe that should be tought in school because I think it would keep teen pregnancies down, and would make everyone feel alot more in-touch with themselves if they didn't feel quilty and sick everytime they have some private fun that isn't affecting anyone else in the world whatsoever. I do think porn should still be 18+ only, but parents who go through too much trouble to keep their kids "porn free" are just wasting their time, and making their teen feel shameful of something natural, and also making them face more problems emotionally/internally in the future in regards to sexual things. Besides, any smart 16 or 17 year-old can find a bit of what they want anyways, doesn't matter how well "protected" they are.
Anyways, my thoughts.
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Chris Coleman said 2:17PM on 11-17-2005
Thank god for the iPod. Everybody knows that every man, woman and child is walking around wishing they could squeeze out a quick one, but there's absolutely no porn to be found. I've been secretly trying to sneak porn into work for years, but I just never had a $300 device to help me.
Finally, Apple has created a device that aids porn hounds everywhere. I like my porn good and small, and the iPod is perfect for that. If I know children, they need places to hide their tiny porn too.
Seriously though, what a moron.
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Fabulo said 2:50PM on 11-17-2005
Porn at work is a concern because of the employer's liability. ANY behavior perceived as offensive (key word: perceived, does not need to BE offensive) creates a "hostile work environment", which your employer is liable for.
Employee A brings porn in, employee B is "offended". Employee B sues EMPLOYER E for "promoting hostile work environment" for a trillion dollars. You don't want to be on the receiving end of a trillion dollar lawsuit, do you?
It may sound silly, but hey, this is how it works (at least in the US)
Now for the ipod part, well, this is just another avenue for transportation. The only reason it's singled out is because it is popular. It adds weight to the FUD.
As for kids, well, I'm in the unpopular camp of those who think porn is good. For everyone. Even kids. When something is not taboo, it is much less likely to become an obsession. Nobody will care.
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Splashman said 6:04PM on 11-17-2005
Wow. And ugh.
I'm going to take a wild guess that there aren't many parents commenting here.
Gadzooks. And other assorted exclamations.
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