# Apple to ruin the fun of getting NEWDS!

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-to-ruin-the-fun-of-getting-newds/161457>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [October 13, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-to-ruin-the-fun-of-getting-newds/161457 "2010-10-13T13:40:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-to-ruin-the-fun-of-getting-newds/161457/1 "2010-10-13T13:40:20Z")

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NOOOOOOOO!!! :pedo2:

> Although Apple has yet to implement the technology in a shipping product, it promises to allow administrators – or parents – to set permission controls that prevent could children from sending and receiving explicit text messages, more commonly referred to as “sexting.”

> **[Apple's 'anti-sexting' patent generating big buzz | AppleInsider](https://appleinsider.com/articles/10/10/13/apples_anti_sexting_patent_generating_big_buzz.html)**
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> Apple patents are a dime a dozen but one discovered this week is grabbing the attention of even the largest media conglomerates because it appears as if it could be used by parents to prevent their children from participating in sexually-explicit...

Actually, it’s probably really about selling their phone in places that could use them for political dissent: [Apple's Anti-Sexting Patent Is Misleading | PCMag](http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2370709,00.asp)

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**Author:** ![llink78](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/llink78/32/8037_2.png) [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-to-ruin-the-fun-of-getting-newds/161457/2 "2010-10-13T13:41:32Z")

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YES!!! hopefully ItsOver will never KAT me again 🙂

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**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-to-ruin-the-fun-of-getting-newds/161457/3 "2010-10-13T13:42:37Z")

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patent covers only text based content 😃

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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-to-ruin-the-fun-of-getting-newds/161457/4 "2010-10-13T13:46:08Z")

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Yeah, still going to get the newds, just no text to go with them. Apple fail.

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**Author:** ![Geoff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geoff/32/6104_2.png) [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-to-ruin-the-fun-of-getting-newds/161457/5 "2010-10-13T13:48:55Z")

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rj-92? Are you OK?

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**Author:** ![ItsOver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/itsover/32/5431_2.png) [@ItsOver](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ItsOver)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-to-ruin-the-fun-of-getting-newds/161457/6 "2010-10-14T03:37:07Z")

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Ummm… I don’t think my parent control my phone… You’re getting Catted twice as hard!