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Posted: Thu Aug 20th, 2009 10:19 pm |
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Is there any sure way to block porn from a computer or iphone? I don't have a computer at home but I would like to get one except I can not trust myself. Hasn't someone invented a way to block it from a home computer? I also had to give my iphone away because it has access to the internet and I didn't want to be tempted. Is there anything that could block porn from an iphone?
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john
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Posted: Fri Aug 21st, 2009 12:25 am |
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| SafeEyes has a version for the iPhone and the PC.
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Posted: Fri Aug 21st, 2009 01:32 am |
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I just want to say I really applaude you getting rid of the things that you know will be a stumbling block to your recovery! 
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"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny compared to what lies within us."(Emerson)
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TM2
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Posted: Fri Aug 21st, 2009 02:51 am |
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I haven't used blockers for many years, but my sense is that no blocker is, as you say, "sure". A determined person can get around anything. So while software solutions can be useful tools in accountability and in slowing one down, they are only adjuncts to inner change.
I keep coming back to the alcoholics and drug addicts who get sober without any blockers. Whether we use blockers or not, I think we have to emulate their recovery as we seek for our own.
Just my uninformed humble opinion, of course.
Tim M.
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truthseeker
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Posted: Fri Aug 21st, 2009 03:29 am |
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Hi Acceptance,
Filters are only effective if you have someone you trust to administer them for you and safeguard the password.
As Tim pointed out, they are mostly a stop-gap measure during toddling steps of freedom.
TruthSeeker
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Posted: Fri Aug 21st, 2009 11:42 am |
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While I understand the sentiments expressed in the previous posts, filters indeed don't really fix anything, they can be an important front-line tool in recovery.
I just don't want Acceptance to feel discouraged from getting a filter. I never poo-poo them for that reason.
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Posted: Fri Aug 21st, 2009 12:06 pm |
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I agree. My only quibble was with the phrase "sure way to block porn", which seemed to ask for a level of performance from filters that would let us quit there. I think that's more than any technical tool can offer us.
Tim M.
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Posted: Fri Aug 21st, 2009 12:09 pm |
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| Yeah, I agree with you there TM2.
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