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Monday, January 12th, 2015 4:36 AM
Blocking porn
I need to block porn from my cell phone data and from my wifi for free
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Hello! @Ashes9able I’ll be happy to help with some suggestions on web filtering.
Depending on the phone you have, if it’s a smart phone, there are plenty of free apps out there for safe browsers that provide filtering for undesirable sites. If you go to the store front on your phone and do a search for web filtering or safe browser, you should see plenty of free apps you can download and install.
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alohatony
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9 years ago
This is false. There is no good app in the Google play store that actually blocks pornogrpahy.
Apparently AT&T used to have this feature but no longer does. Probably because they make money off the data use.
Tmobile has a free feature called Web Guard, that blocks all explicit content. I highly suggest you switch to Tmo, as I probably will because of this.
AT&T - please give us the ability to block pornography while on AT&T data.
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WAFMDC
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9 years ago
That is true. TMobile has a feature called Webguard I had on an iPhone 5s for four months while I tested the TMO service in my area. I was very impressed with the Webguard service and it blocked nearly everything inappropriate, and only once or twice the whole time, blocked something that was fine. Adding those fine sites to the ok list was simple by the way, it's done on the TMO website.
Unfortunately TMO didn't work as well in our area and when they failed to renew roaming agreements with other providers where they had spotty coverage, I decided it wasn't an option for my family and business despite the much better pricing and fantastic filtering service.
I expected AT&T to have something similar, but they don't. After many, many hours of phone calls, it became clear AT&T has nothing. They point you to IOS restriction setting and 3rd party apps. They have no clue why there is no comparison.
Doing a good job of filtering content and keeping it from coming down the pipe is where it's at, and TMobile does a fantastic job. I consider AT&T socially irresponsible for not even trying, and am frustrated having paid AT&T phone bills over $10,000 so far.
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Avenger7
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7 years ago
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Gary L
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7 years ago
I don't understand, is your phone accidentally downloading a lot of porn?
Sounds like a phone issue, not an AT&T issue.
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herberg
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7 years ago
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formerlyknownas
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7 years ago
Um. I don't get porn on my phone. But then again, I'm not looking for any.
I would consider this a user problem or a phone problem.
iPhone has content filters under restriction. (General, restrictions, turn on and set filters.)
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Gary L
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7 years ago
I'm wondering if something else (infected/malware) was installed that's causing problems.
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formerlyknownas
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7 years ago
Yeeeeaaahhhh. That might be it.
Lets just say I found out some perfectly innocent things you should never plug into a search engine. But once you do, you realize the horrible mistake or double entendre.
I would list the perfectly innocent words, but we keep the forum clean.
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WAFMDC
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7 years ago
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