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  • Barry-xlovecam
    It's 42
    • Jun 2010
    • 18083
    #1

    Porn = bad for your smartphone

    Another lovely endorsement ...

    http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/11/tech...=yes&hpt=hp_t3

    We're not making any moral judgments here. But it is definitively a bad idea to visit pornography sites on your smartphone or tablet.

    Nearly one-quarter of malware on mobile devices comes from porn websites, according to a new study from Blue Coat, a Web security and optimization company.

    Mobile users don't check out porn sites often -- less than 1% of all mobile traffic is pornography. But when they do go to those sites, the risk of inadvertently downloading malware to their devices increases three-fold. That makes watching porn on smartphones a far bigger threat than viewing porn on a PC. ...
    Interesting figure: "Mobile users don't check out porn sites often -- less than 1% of all mobile traffic is pornography."

    Big Picture: What the affect of malware and viruses on porn sites really is on sales -- maybe that is the real enemy? This should give pause to rethink some of our preconceived notions.
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    • Dirty F
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Jul 2001
      • 59204
      #2
      What kind of malware can infect your phone? What does it do?

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        • Cystomatic
          Confirmed User
          • Dec 2011
          • 361
          #3
          We should make a campaign "Stop going to Tube Sites, you will get viruses, start going to white-listed pay sites and pay for the actual high quality thing"

          I'm up to pay for that PR.

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            • candyflip
              Carpe Visio
              • Jul 2002
              • 43069
              #4
              When you read stats that say more than 50+% of Facebook's users use the mobile app or website, I find it hard to believe that only 1% of all mobile traffic is porn.

              If this is the case, I am pleased with the results that I get. Hopefully it keeps growing.

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                • pgmorin
                  Confirmed User
                  • May 2012
                  • 399
                  #5
                  less than 1% mobile traffic? wow i'm suprise about that. I mean there 20% of the men that admit to watch porn at work.
                  http://www.onlinemba.com/blog/stats-...t-pornography/ so they probaly like to use their smartphone for that

                  Also 25% of smartphone owners use their phones as their primary means of connecting to the internet.

                  The Ipsos Mobil-ology study, which tracks mobile device use in Canada, found 15 per cent of smartphone users between 18-34 indicate they access adult content on their device, though these numbers are undoubtedly understated.
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                    • just a punk
                      So fuckin' bored
                      • Jun 2003
                      • 32393
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Dirty F
                      What kind of malware can infect your phone? What does it do?
                      Send away paid SMS for example.
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                        • Wizzo
                          2011 GFY Hall of Fame!
                          • Nov 2000
                          • 15224
                          #7
                          I know your post formatting is bad for reading on a smartphone.
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                            • Barry-xlovecam
                              It's 42
                              • Jun 2010
                              • 18083
                              #8
                              Originally posted by pgmorin
                              less than 1% mobile traffic? wow i'm suprise about that. I mean there 20% of the men that admit to watch porn at work....
                              The Ipsos Mobil-ology study, which tracks mobile device use in Canada, found 15 per cent of smartphone users between 18-34 indicate they access adult content on their device, though these numbers are undoubtedly understated.
                              CNN didn't reference their source of the 1% but of our own traffic PC vs. mobile; the Mobile hits are less than 5% -- that is a fact I can see. I don't age qualify the hits in but the 18 -34 group is not the majority of buyers. There is a real big difference between a looker and a buyer. Buyers are hesitant to use credit cards on porn sites. Porn sites have a terrible reputation for malware, browser hijacks, card banging, etc. in the public eye and for good reason.

                              I do expect the market penetration of mobile to increase -- and the exploits too, leopards don't change their spots, it is an uphill battle ...

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                                • Barry-xlovecam
                                  It's 42
                                  • Jun 2010
                                  • 18083
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Wizzo
                                  I know your post formatting is bad for reading on a smartphone.
                                  Don't ask me if I care -- I just like to be different and piss people off

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                                    • rebel.latte
                                      Registered User
                                      • Jan 2013
                                      • 69
                                      #10
                                      sorry this is just fucking bullshit.
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                                        • Tjeezers
                                          Webmaster
                                          • Mar 2007
                                          • 16602
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by Cystomatic
                                          We should make a campaign "Stop going to Tube Sites, you will get viruses, start going to white-listed pay sites and pay for the actual high quality thing"

                                          I'm up to pay for that PR.
                                          the whole buy and sell traffic business would collapse.....

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                                            • Kelli58
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Aug 2006
                                              • 2253
                                              #12
                                              I love when places like CNN say things like that 1% bullshit. They don't give a source, probably pulled the number out of their ass and now 1000 other sites are going to reference it as totally a legit # and use CNN as their source. LOL
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                                                • Doctor Dre
                                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                  • Jan 2001
                                                  • 51692
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by Cystomatic
                                                  We should make a campaign "Stop going to Tube Sites, you will get viruses, start going to white-listed pay sites and pay for the actual high quality thing"

                                                  I'm up to pay for that PR.
                                                  Then the user will get his with 4 cross sales and wonder what happened to him.
                                                  Originally posted by rayadp05
                                                  I rebooted, deleted temp files, history, cookies and everything...still cannot view the news clip. All I see is that fucking gay ass music video from "Rick Roll". Anyone else have a different link to the news clip?

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                                                    • Barry-xlovecam
                                                      It's 42
                                                      • Jun 2010
                                                      • 18083
                                                      #14
                                                      I take back what I said; 90% of our mobile traffic is on a sub-domain so the percentage of mobile is much much higher when that is included.

                                                      But it still does not measure the total "porn traffic" on mobile.

                                                      The 1% figure is as ridiculous as that 15% being of all traffic. One thing to consider is the widespread use of mobile in 3rd world and developing nations. That traffic rarely buys internationally but is maybe 1/3 of the overall.

                                                      I don't see anyone managing ad network traffic commenting. However, that would only be the porn traffic they see but the total traffic numbers are available probably.


                                                      Then there are the comments on that CNN story:


                                                      Frank Tim Robert Nas ? 7 hours ago −
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                                                      xvideos, youporn, pornhub, youjizz, etc.. all of these are safe, and many of them have mobile apps. problem solved...

                                                      ------------Christopher Kidwell ? 4 hours ago −
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                                                      I doubt it is the pron sites themselves, it's probably the damned ADS on the websites just like any other website out there.

                                                      I've never gotten a virus DIRECTLY from a website, I have had my antivirus software block something in the ads. Which is the main reason why I have said "NO!" to all ads even on Youtube and blocked them using AdBlock Plus or Noscript. Sometimes both.

                                                      --------Mike Johnson ? 5 hours ago −
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                                                      It only makes up one quarter of malware, the other three quarters comes from AntiVirus, Spyware and Malware protection. Youporn makes me feel safe, thanks to them I'm not walking around with a loaded gun in my pants.

                                                      What the public thinks?

                                                      See beyond the 1% bullshit -- there is a real PR nightmare here ...

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                                                        • okok
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Jan 2003
                                                          • 502
                                                          #15
                                                          No doubt there is malware out there but the article would have been improved to include some real world examples. Also that 1% seems pulled out of the air with no cited sources.

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