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Sexy Body app by Sex Disney

grainysand said:
Password-protect your phone when you aren't around to monitor what they're doing on said phone? Do the same with all your computers and laptops.
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I'm not worried about when I'm not around. They don't use it when I'm not around.

But just because I'm there giving a best effort to monitor doesn't mean a desire for the porn in the market to be confined to its own area is a ridiculous thing to have.

grainysand said:
The thing is, short of cutting them off from the internet entirely, you can't monitor what they see/don't see forever. Even then, they'll happen upon someone's stash of Playboy, hardcore porn, whatever.
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I'm not worried about forever. I'm worried about today and their little lives up till today. When they happen across someones stash of hardcorn porn at the age of <12 I will be having a talk with the owner of the stash about their inability to keep it out of my kids view.

grainysand said:
Besides, do you have a problem with them seeing real-world violence on TV news?
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Yea, to a degree I sure do. I think that is normal for most parents.

Look, I'm not saying to censor the porn. But I *am* saying is that it's perfectly normal for parents out there to desire a tiny bit of help with keeping it out of plain site. Like Google's filtering settings on their searches. Just like that. Minimal effort on their end helps me out a lot, it's appreciated and not ludicrous of me to be thankful for it. This is my argument - not whether or not one day my kid will be exposed to it. That's... moot. I'm not going to watch hardcore porn in front of kids and use "well one day they'll be exposed to it" as an excuse for it. The line has to be drawn somewhere and I don't think what I'm considering to be reasonable is so far off that your argument is really even valid.
 
I think we just need a rating system implemented on the market, then have a search filter that can be customized to screen out things based upon said ratings. Or just do it like a movie theater, having everything rated from E-AO. It works for movies and video games, why not here?
 
grainysand said:
The thing is, short of cutting them off from the internet entirely, you can't monitor what they see/don't see forever. Even then, they'll happen upon someone's stash of Playboy, hardcore porn, whatever.
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Whoever allows a kid to "happen upon" a stash of Playboy magazines etc. fails at life...

Simple as that...
 
Power of the people! I just looked on the market and that app has either been renamed or removed!
 
RozzaC said:
Whoever allows a kid to "happen upon" a stash of Playboy magazines etc. fails at life...

Simple as that...
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People throw away/hide their porn stash. Kids happen upon it: some people I know said they were exploring woods in the back of their home when they were children, dig up a box of porn somebody hid under a bush. Not the responsibility of people at large to make sure that their trash is inaccessible to children.
 
Just for the record... Phases stole my idea. Thief. There should be a thief category on Android Market and Phases should be in it.

On a more serious note, I think it would also be great if the contract holder could initiate a "parents mode" and determine what does/doesn't show in Android Market for that particular phone. AT&T recently restricted certain things on their Backflip phones... wasn't seen as a good move... but using that same power for good intentions like parental control? I'm down with that.
 
1. If you think the market should have a ratings system for content, tell google.
2. If you think the app is infringing/misleading - report it to google.
3. If you think the name is confusing, and done so intentionally using Disney's name, report it to Disney. Companies like that are super quick to "protect" their trademarks/tradenames...often going above and beyond what is actually the law's intent (see Monster cable). In a case where it seems like a fraudulent use of their name to get attention I bet they act quickly to have it taken down.
 
Tim K said:
1. If you think the market should have a ratings system for content, tell google.
2. If you think the app is infringing/misleading - report it to google.
3. If you think the name is confusing, and done so intentionally using Disney's name, report it to Disney. Companies like that are super quick to "protect" their trademarks/tradenames...often going above and beyond what is actually the law's intent (see Monster cable). In a case where it seems like a fraudulent use of their name to get attention I bet they act quickly to have it taken down.
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Good luck reporting anything to Google.

Tom
 
I agree, a category would allow the market to stay as open as it is already, but a setting in the phone to disable the adult category and third-party apps (maybe via a pin or something similar) would give parents the necessary tools to protect their children. I am all for openness and freedom, but there is a difference between "open" and hiding apps with naked women under the name Disney.
 
I think the best way to implement an Adult section would be to just add a menu item that allows you to view Adult apps. Of course, this also needs to change the header or give some visual clue that you are in "Adult mode". Perhaps this could also (in the future) have a lock so that it isn't easily checked by kids just playing around.
 
A "simple child" shouldn't have a $300 Android phone. Seriously, what do you expect? What is stopping your "simple child" from opening up the web browser and typing anything else in? Would you complain that they found porn on the internet if you just let them freely use it? If you want censorship, get an iPhone. Leave the open source stuff to adults.
 
having porn on the market is fine as long as it is placed in a proper categories. The problem here is someone created an app with Disney name directed to kid wich had porn stuff in it.
 
I don't wanna see some lame rating system like E for everyone T for teen etc etc.
I just kind of want to let this one pass. It's not that big of a deal, it's a dev fault. There are probably at least 50 porn apps on the market and up until now, no one has said a word. No restrictions with options are better, otherwise you turn into THE app store as deemed by the public.
 
helicooper said:
O'er the land of the free... but not really because parents want to censor everything instead of keeping the responsibility where it belongs which is on themselves... and the home of the brave
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What a great post. These are the same type of lazy and incompetent parents that blame their school for their child's obesity.
 
It should be the parent's responsibility to monitor what their child downloads. Google, however, should give parents the proper tools to do their jobs. At least then the "restrictions" no longer fall on Google, but the parent; as it should be.
 
I can confirm that the app is no longer in the Market. I agree that it is the parent's responsibility to manage these kinds of things, but the developer should at least change his name to something other than Sex Disney. I mean, c'mon!
 
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