Disinformation » Pedophile http://www.disinfo.com alternative views, news & information—online, video and print Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:13:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 New Mobile Phone App To ‘Spot Pedophiles’ http://www.disinfo.com/2011/01/new-mobile-phone-app-to-spot-pedophiles/ http://www.disinfo.com/2011/01/new-mobile-phone-app-to-spot-pedophiles/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:10:47 +0000 Pelliciari http://www.disinfo.com/?p=44878 If you’re going to rely on a phone app to keep your children safe, I suppose this is a good one. BBC News reports:

A mobile phone application which claims to identify adults posing as children is to be released.

The team behind Child Defence says the app can analyse language to generate an age profile, identifying potential paedophiles.

Isis Forensics developed the tool after parental concerns over children accessing sites on their mobiles.

But child protection experts warned against such technology lulling people into thinking they are safe.

Child Defence project leader James Walkerdine, based at Lancaster University, said: “This software improves children’s chances of working out that something isn’t right.

[Continues at BBC News]

]]> If you’re going to rely on a phone app to keep your children safe, I suppose this is a good one. BBC News reports:

A mobile phone application which claims to identify adults posing as children is to be released.

The team behind Child Defence says the app can analyse language to generate an age profile, identifying potential paedophiles.

Isis Forensics developed the tool after parental concerns over children accessing sites on their mobiles.

But child protection experts warned against such technology lulling people into thinking they are safe.

Child Defence project leader James Walkerdine, based at Lancaster University, said: “This software improves children’s chances of working out that something isn’t right.

[Continues at BBC News]

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