iPhone 3.0 Parental Controls Now Allows for Explicit Content on App Store [Updated]
We reported back in May that Apple might loosen the App Store content restrictions once the iPhone 3.0 software became available. iPhone 3.0 offers parental controls which allows you to set what level of content is permissible in your iPhone's Movies, TV Shows, Music and Apps.
Macenstein playfully reports "And then there was porn" pointing out Hottest Girls ($1.99) as the first iPhone App to have nudity.
Parental restrictions can be turned on in Settings -> General -> Restrictions in your iPhone. If an App falls outside of the allowed rating they will simply disappear off your home screen. Once you turn the restrictions off again, the affected apps reappear. This system would have avoided the issue with NiN's app rejection in May. NiN's app was eventually accepted.
Update: Hottest Girls is currently unavailable for purchase. According to an announcement posted on the developer's site, the application has temporarily been pulled due to its popularity placing strain on the image server. The developer promises that the app will return shortly with the adult content continuing to be included.
Macenstein playfully reports "And then there was porn" pointing out Hottest Girls ($1.99) as the first iPhone App to have nudity.
We uploaded nude topless pics today. This is the first app to have nudity, writes Hottest Girls developer Allen Leung.
The App does carry a 17+ Rating for "Frequent/Intense Sexual Content or Nudity" and "Frequent/Intense Mature/Suggestive Themes".Parental restrictions can be turned on in Settings -> General -> Restrictions in your iPhone. If an App falls outside of the allowed rating they will simply disappear off your home screen. Once you turn the restrictions off again, the affected apps reappear. This system would have avoided the issue with NiN's app rejection in May. NiN's app was eventually accepted.
Update: Hottest Girls is currently unavailable for purchase. According to an announcement posted on the developer's site, the application has temporarily been pulled due to its popularity placing strain on the image server. The developer promises that the app will return shortly with the adult content continuing to be included.
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34 months ago
YES...pocket girlfriend!!11133`!
...i feel like i should post that this was sarcasm...for those of you without a sarcasm detector
...i feel like i should post that this was sarcasm...for those of you without a sarcasm detector
34 months ago
the big question is how many parents are actually aware
1. there are parental controls
2. that there is pr0n at the app store
i'm guessing majority don't have a clue about it :(
1. there are parental controls
2. that there is pr0n at the app store
i'm guessing majority don't have a clue about it :(
34 months ago
Downloading now ;)
I have a hard time not believe you, despite the little winky :p.
34 months ago
Downloading now ;)
Oh... I should warn people. It's not a great app. Just flips through various images that I'm pretty sure they don't have the rights to. But the above report is accurate. :)
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34 months ago
Ewww... This will be gross.
"iPorn takes the world by the millions!"
i still think apple will take a strong stance against porn but i think this will be good for apps like southpark and other stuff
or not ...
34 months ago
I wonder if the App icon says "Porn" on it, or whether it says "Notepad" or something to disguise it. I don't think many people would want an App where the icon says "Hardcore Sex" on their homepage. Maybe it should have a security code in the App also (like Safe Note does). I HOPE Apple is creating a separate section in the App store, titled "adult" and that iTunes can disable that section with parental controls. I'm sure there is a huge demand (no one is going to admit it) for real, quality porn on the iPhone (instead of the crap that is in the App store right now), but I think EVERYONE is going to want it to be hidden on their phones.
Heck, I think there would already be a HUGE market right now for an App that has a hidden photo album, porn or not or just from your camera, that is password protected (like Safe Note). In fact, the "photos" App that comes on the iPhone should allow a separate, password-protected folder, where the user can drag and drop photos from the normal camera folder into it.
Heck, I think there would already be a HUGE market right now for an App that has a hidden photo album, porn or not or just from your camera, that is password protected (like Safe Note). In fact, the "photos" App that comes on the iPhone should allow a separate, password-protected folder, where the user can drag and drop photos from the normal camera folder into it.
34 months ago
the big question is how many parents are actually aware
1. there are parental controls
2. that there is pr0n at the app store
i'm guessing majority don't have a clue about it :(
So true. Alot of parents will really have no idea about this.. Unless this hits the news (which I'm guessing it will) as the iPhone/ iPod touch being a mobile porn device. This could hurt the image of the iPhone alot.
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