From: "Marc Kool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> David Hooton wrote:
> > On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 15:27:52 +0200, Marc Kool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>Hi Jeff,
> >>
> >>Jeff Chan wrote:
...
> >>I did a quick check on a few domains and I do not share your conclusion.
> >>
> >># grep aol.com domains
> >>adultaol.com
> >>register.oscar.aol.com
> >>sex-aol.com
> >>sexonaol.com
> >>usaol.com
> >
> >
> > register.oscar.aol.com is the server used by AOL messenger and ICQ to
> > login - how on earth does this count as an Adult Website, much less a
> > sex site?!!
>
> In my browser, when I type http://register.oscar.aol.com
> this is displayed:
>
> AOL Instant Messenger is an adults-only service.
> Click Here if you are 18 or older.
> If you are under 18, click here to exit.
>
> Seems 100% adult to me!
Being an adult service does not automatically make it a sex service.
With the number of perverts attempting to troll for nubile kiddies
on the Internet a service of the nature of instant messenger is too
efficient a mechanism for them to "meet". Thus it needs to be blocked
for the danger it presents to children rather than its "adult content".
This does bring to mind a need for some means of filtering "sex sites"
and "adult" sites separately. Of course, with all the net nannies and
such out there the latter can be left up to other services on the home
computer than email filters. That said *I* would put in a trap for
that site on the general principle that nothing worth anything comes
from AOL.
{^_-} Joanne
