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ilzolende comments on Open thread, Jan. 26 - Feb. 1, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ilzolende 27 January 2015 12:38:18AM 8 points [-]

I would say that smartphones should have age filters on them

I agree. We should encourage children to develop an interest in anonymous filter-dodging web access systems like Tor, securely encrypting their messages such that they can't be monitored for inappropriate language usage, and other related skills while they're still young.

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 28 January 2015 09:16:23AM 0 points [-]

While your comment does amuse me enough for an upvote, I feel the need to point out that if the children do not have root access to the phone, then they can't install Tor. As I understand it, rooting a phone is not easy, and I suppose once they have reached the age when they are smart & patient enough to root a phone then they are probably mature enough to deal with the internet.

Comment author: Lumifer 28 January 2015 05:04:46PM *  1 point [-]

As I understand it, rooting a phone is not easy

Works by an entirely standard method: download a file from the internet and follow instructions. Easy-peasy :-D

Comment author: ilzolende 29 January 2015 02:06:15AM 0 points [-]

Thanks, I wasn't aware of that. I've been able to download and run Tor from plenty of computer user accounts without administrator privileges, so I assumed that you could just download it to a (non-Apple) phone the same way.