Filter Finds Images, Videos

MEDIA, Pa. — Whenever lawmakers propose a mandatory .XXX top-level domain or the Justice Department seeks records on Internet usage, there is a familiar refrain: that filtering technologies are not adequate to protect children from viewing adult material online. A new anti-porn filter called iShield from Guardware Inc. may be the adult industry’s best hope for refuting that claim.

Most commercially available filtering software looks at URLs and text when deciding what to block and what to allow through, but iShield looks instead at images and videos, with a variety of options for dealing with them.

The basic iShield package detects images only in the user’s browser. The higher-end iShield Plus scans for images and video from all sources. ScreenShield offers enterprise-wide protection for businesses. All three support all major web browsers including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox and Mozilla.

The software uses a patented technology to look for skin tones, textures, faces, limb shapes and other visual cues that adult material is present on a page, then dynamically blocks images in real-time. The software also warns users if they are being monitored. It has a one-time license charge and does not require users to pay ongoing fees for updates.

PC Magazine gave iShield a favorable review, but also pointed out several bugs, such as the fact that it cannot flag black-and-white images or those that have significant color imbalances, or that it has a tendency to over-filter innocent images.

However, the magazine’s reviewers said iShield is a major step forward and that they found it impossible to circumvent or turn off the filtering, leading tech site Slashdot to speculate that the government’s long-standing argument that filtering software “simply doesn’t work” may no longer hold water.

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