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You
don’t need to understand the Internet to protect your family.
A hardware solution content filter can completely block out porn and many other catagories which can be selected or not. A simple password can also open everything up should you need to bypas filtering. |
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Vital Facts
I. The Industry
- Over $10-Billion spent on porn annually.
- Larger than NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball combined
- Over two million known porn site URL’s
- More than 2,500 new sites coming online every week
- Pornography is obscenity, not “free speech,”
and has never been protected by our Supreme Court
- Most of it is temporary and hard to find, to punish
legally.
- Most of it originates off-shore, not covered by
US law.
- Unimaginable things most people would not even
remotely consider sexy are routinely available on the Internet.
II. The Scale of the Problem
- Nine out of 10 children aged between eight and
16 have viewed pornography on the Internet. In most cases, the
sex sites were accessed unintentionally when a child, often
in the process of doing homework, used a seemingly innocent
sounding word to search for information or pictures. (London
School of Economics January 2002)
- 25 million Americans visit cyber-sex sites between
1-10 hours per week. Another 4.7 million in excess of 11 hours
per week. (MSNBC/Stanford/Duquesne Study, Washington Times 1/26/
00)
- Even 51% of pastors say cyber porn is a possible
temptation. 37% say it is a current struggle (Christianity Today,
Leadership Survey, December 2001).
- 25 million Americans visit cyber-sex sites between
1-10 hours per week. Another 4.7 million in excess of 11 hours
per week. (MSNBC/Stanford/Duquesne Study, Washington Times,
1/26/2000)
- 63% of men attending "Men, Romance &
Integrity Seminars" admit to struggling with porn in the
past year. Two-thirds are in church leadership and 10% are pastors
(Pastor's Family Bulletin, Focus on the Family, March 2000).
- 1 in 7 calls to Focus' Pastoral Care Line is
about Internet pornography (Pastor's Family Bulletin, Focus
on the Family, March 2000).
III. Past Internet Filters.
(“Blocker” is the same term among consumers.)
- They were very hard to set up and install
- They were quite slow—slowed down your normal
surfing times
- They were inaccurate and unreliable.
- They often under-blocked or over-blocked.
IV. Whole household protection - Firewall Content Filtering
- Highly effective and reliable—in the 99% range.
- No noticeable time degradation when you use your
computer.
- Works with any Internet Service Provider (ISP).
- Does not under or over-block.
- Allows you to completely bypas with a simple password.
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