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Hey Everybuddy! I know a lot of you have read my post on Web content Filtering for children. I had to activate my screen saver with a password so that ...
  1. 03-02-2008 #1
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    ScreenSaver Porn!

    Hey Everybuddy!
    I know a lot of you have read my post on Web content Filtering for children. I had to activate my screen saver with a password so that our son can't use my PC unattended. Well, just last night we we're watching TV in the other room and my Wife came into our Computer room for something or another and just happened to glance at my screen saver and there was PORN on my Display. I mean up close photos that included penetration. D'OH
    I had my screensavers set to random, and it took me a long time to find the offending screen saver. Well, come to find out, it was a screen saver named Web Collage, (part of Kscreensavers or KDE screensavers)and when you enter the "setup mode" it issues a warning about how it connects to the 'net and fetches "random web pages" and displays the graphics from those pages, which may include porn.
    So this is just my way of warning the other nice folks that might not like this idea. I'm not a porn hater or anything trust me, but we were actually shocked that a screen saver would do this without warning you first.
    Apparently I'm not the only person who noticed this.
    How do I turn the porn screensaver off? [solved] - MandrivaUsers.org
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    Wow, that's assinying! I really wish that crap didn't exist. I really do. I mean, I am a guy, and obviously, guys have their moments. At the very least, I wish it wasn't so easily accessible. Anyway, that's enough out of me.... this is a linux forum site, not a morality forum site.
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    Porn shouldn't be that easily available. I think that kids today
    should have to get their porn the way we did when I was a lad.

    Shoplifting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by elija View Post
    Porn shouldn't be that easily available. I think that kids today
    should have to get their porn the way we did when I was a lad.

    Shoplifting.

    Entertainment - and it taught you a trade
    hahahahahhaha... there has got to be a filter for this. Something that filters out posts with illegal ideas! haha... Just Kidding! I started laughing so hard when I read that.

    Well, I'm off to rack up my post count somewhere.... maybe I'll just start making up problems.
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    Quote Originally Posted by elija View Post
    Porn shouldn't be that easily available. I think that kids today
    should have to get their porn the way we did when I was a lad.

    Shoplifting.

    Entertainment - and it taught you a trade

    HAHAHAH, that was a good one. Here I am reading and I'm like wow this person might have a point all of a sudden I see Shoplifting.... and it taught you a trade. Classic

    Man, screensavers going out and getting porn, these are interesting times.
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    MikeTbob... now tell me again how you get this thing setup...

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    that is pretty stupid to include that screensaver by default (even if choosen by random).
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    Well, come to find out, it was a screen saver named Web Collage, (part of Kscreensavers or KDE screensavers)and when you enter the "setup mode" it issues a warning about how it connects to the 'net and fetches "random web pages" and displays the graphics from those pages, which may include porn.
    Hi, MikeTbob

    I've gotta tell you... I'd be very worried about letting my computer ever fetch anything randomly off the interent. Hope you get this all worked out to your satisfaction.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ozar View Post
    Hi, MikeTbob

    I've gotta tell you... I'd be very worried about letting my computer ever fetch anything randomly off the interent. Hope you get this all worked out to your satisfaction.
    That's why I posted this thread, mostly to warn other that this thing could be dangerous/harmful to your health. Especially when your spouse thinks it's just porn on your computer!hehe And of course many people have small children who just don't need to see this stuff. It has been disabled as of now, I haven't removed it yet, because I don't really know which package it came with. Kscreensaver, Xscreensaver or just the KDE Built-in screensavers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeTbob View Post
    Especially when your spouse thinks it's just porn on your computer!hehe
    lol... and the average spouse is going to think just that when you spend as much time on a computer as we do!
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