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Snitch, a new 'adult material detection'
program, is becoming more and more popular for detecting adult
material on school and home computers. Snitch can be used
to detect pornographic images, movies, inappropriate internet
activity, including obscene images of school
girls, violence etc. and present the results
for reporting and deletion.
Snitch incorporates
a 'smart' algorithm, which is designed to scan all images
within the desired scope and to prioritize them according
to their 'suspiciousness'. An adult image most often exhibits
characteristic tones and distribution that allow identification
above other normal images. Although any image analysis method
that attempts to separate adult images from standard images
invariably classifies a percentage of images incorrectly,
the unique algorithm used by Snitch
is quite effective, and usually a computer that contains 'dirty
pictures' will show obscene or indecent pictures in the first
page of image results. This allows the user to quickly assess
whether the target computer requires further inspection.
Schools and educational institutions are more frequently
using Snitch to detect and delete porn, as the education establishment
is becoming increasingly concerned about the ease of availability
of obscene material (school girl images) via the internet.
Parents naturally assume that schools have the issue under
control but reality is usually quite different. Solutions
which are currently available do not delete porn, but instead
take the form of internet filters which attempt to intercept
incoming files. These systems are not nearly as effective
as they need to be to outsmart students, who can be resourceful
and persistent when they have their mind set on something.
This is where Snitch comes in handy; it can be used to detect
inappropriate internet behaviour, both directly, by checking
the internet browser access caches, and indirectly by examining
the computer for unwanted files that have been introduced
from the internet. In addition, files that have been brought
in through other channels, such as LAN, CDROM, floppy disc,
compressed files, email, and other internet methods that bypass
the browser, are easily detected by Snitch and rarely by any
other system.
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'school girls' images - pictures
of schoolgirls of a graphic or obscene nature which are intended
to provide titillation for paedophiles
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