Comments on: Norton can't block Bing porn

Even one of the newest and most feature-rich filtering and monitoring programs can't keep kids from viewing porn on Bing.com.

[Seaspray0]

The internet is very very great.... for porn!

[The_happy_switcher]

Badda-Bing!

[Super2online]

I find it hilarious that you now seem to associate Bing with porn. Every search engine that allows you to search, will return pornographic images and videos, after you turn off safe search. Every search engine does this. Do you think it makes it so much better if they only see a still image? Porn is images and video, it does not have to be playing to be porn.

Google now comprises over 70% of searches, and Microsoft 8% which means millions more children are exposed to this on Google than they are on Bing. I don't see you calling them out for this problem. Why would that be?

[tacit]

"I find it hilarious that you now seem to associate Bing with porn. Every search engine that allows you to search, will return pornographic images and videos, after you turn off safe search. Every search engine does this."

The difference is that Bing will play videos and show images *within the search engine itself*.

Google Image Search will show still images inside Google, but only Bing will play videos within the search engine, without leaving to another URL.

[miamop]

Agreed with Super2Online, hit the nail in the head. And Larry and tacit are missing the point. And Larry is only looking for some sensation in his article.

Porn is images and video. As a parent, it *does not matter* the slightest to me whether the video plays on the spot or not. I don't want my children to be exposed even to the thumbnails.

Don't know about Norton. But the free Windows Live Family Safety can easily be configured to block video/image search on Bing or Google based on URL components. Symantec's confusing recommendation to block all of Bing does not solve the porn problem. Why not ask people to unplug the network cable?

[tm_anon]

@miamop

If you really don't want your kids exposed to porn, lock them in their rooms, plug their ears with something rubber, cover their eyes and lose the key.

If you have a network connection, they will eventually find a way to view porn. The problem with Bing is that, unless you lock yourself completely in to MS products, those vids will show to your kids and you'll never know it. At least with Google you can choose products not associated with MS, meaning you have a choice.

Then figure in that there are other choices of OS, Windows Live Family Safety doesn't work on OS X or Linux. If a person has a child and that child uses any OS besides Windows, that child can see porn vids without ever leaving a trace behind or even having the click a link.

[tipoo_]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

He...HE SAID BING PORN!

[Zer0Wolf]

This "porn news" is on all tech news sites. Just shows how all those poor reviewers have never seen anything except Google. I've been using Live Search since many months around this has been available in it longer than I can remember. In fact, if you look past the porn issue, it's extremely useful to search videos as similar videos can immediately be discerned by just holding the mouse over it.
And AFAIK it doesn't play the entire video clip.
Unfortunately because of such reviewers crying hoarse, a great feature is going to be probably turned off just so they can shut up.

[tm_anon]

Maybe if it was harder to enable to the "view porn" feature it wouldn't be such a big deal. The fact is, it gives you instructions for turning off the filtering.

[Jack K1]

Little Jimmy's binging away again. He'll go blind doing that, ya know.

[Justin8888]

I guess Bing's not that bad after all

[lennie22]

"bing porn"? c'mon Larry be reasonable.....to tell you the truth someting in me wants to say "I hope your son ******* in your favorite coffee mug from watching "bing porn"'...but I'm not going to say it, because thats just rude......

[lennie22]

......I didn't mean to type that, my fingers just moved while I was thinking to say it

[lennie22]

Admin remove the post please.... thank you.

[B-Ri]

While I am all for tools to help in parenting I think the best bet is to keep an eye on your kids and know what they are doing. It also might not hurt to talk to them if they are at a curious age, For them to suggest blocking Bing completely is a bit harsh. Besides isn't the argument that the kids will just go to a friends house that is not filtered? Treat your kids with a little respect and they will probably surprise you.

[hatandglasses13]

"if parents use that feature, kids know that they're web activities are being watched."

Proof read!

[shamanskyh]

+1

[myles taylor]

Won't they still be able to see what they searched for? For instance, if I search for "java" in bing, my history shows "http://www.bing.com/search?q=java&go=&form=QBLH". So if someone searches for porn, they will still be able to see them, unless they use non-specific search terms.

[BlackxxJapan]

I think I'm just going to ignore any future Magid articles. Too much media drama coming from him these days.

(psst cnet, raise concerns where it actually *counts*, not just to stir up useless bellyaching and fear mongering for parents. Google has a direct "Google Moderate SafeSearch is on" link and highlights the box to turn it OFF if you click on it. Srsly.)

[kojacked]

Larry, larry, larry... Do you work for Fox News? Maybe you research stories for your buddy Rush Limbaugh? There's no story here just the same FUD that the like of the two aformentioned generators of fear and hate spew daily.

I'm not wasting anymore time here... I'm going over to google to look at some porn images... I hope my mommy doesn't find out.

[pentest]

It goes beyond porn. Using Bing as an anonymizer any one can look at video and no one will know.

I bet terrorists have bung set as its default search engine.

[gggg sssss]

what am I doing wrong. I get crappy music videos , not the good stuff if I search for t*tt*es

[raphdragon02]

what's wrong with porn?

[supercurry]

It doesn't matter that bing can get porn videos, each search engine gets.

Though Google is best, Google helps us to get answers immediately, yet Google makes us stupid. However we have to use Google, because we are not MR. Know-it-all.

If you want find some porns, then you can get, if you don't want, then no search engine will give.

Dude, not just focusing on the bad aspect of one thing, each thing has both good and bad field.

[pentest]

What about the copyright issues?