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Starbucks says it'll block porn on its public Wi-Fi next year
For years, Starbucks has caught flak for not preventing its customers from watching porn on its in-store Wi-Fi. Now the coffee retailer says that next year it will introduce a filter that prevents customers from viewing porn and other explicit material in stores, as first reported by Business Insider.
[...] This week, Enough Is Enough CEO Donna Rice Hughes said Starbucks had failed to protect its customers and follow through with its plan to block explicit content. "By breaking its commitment, Starbucks is keeping the doors wide open for convicted sex offenders and others to fly under the radar from law enforcement and use free, public Wi-Fi services to access illegal child porn and hard-core pornography," she said.
A petition from Enough Is Enough said that public Wi-Fi networks "are attracting pedophiles and sex offenders" and put children at risk.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday November 29 2018, @08:01PM (2 children)
In my #3 scenario, nobody sees/notices the activity. If you sit quietly in the corner and don't drop your trousers, you aren't going to be noticed by other customers (or Wi-Fi leechers), Starbucks staff, or even the security cameras which probably won't be aimed in that direction. You'd only be noticed if Starbucks was actively surveilling the connection to see what sites are visited.
I guess you can have a #2.5 where someone notices someone looking at conventional pornography, which is against Starbucks policy, and Starbucks asks the person to leave the premises. Then call the cops if they don't leave.
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(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday November 29 2018, @09:49PM (1 child)
I was thinking that if someone has so little self control (and self respect) that they must to be able to watch pr0n at any moment of the day, maybe they should treat themselves to some VR glasses for the sake of others nearby.
But then I'm sure Enough is Enough would have some objections to this.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday November 29 2018, @10:39PM
They could simply download it, or even torrent the porn (accessing a torrent site rather than a porn site) for later use. I wonder if the Starcocks filter will stop them from doing that?
Something something tragedy of the commons.
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