Starbucks says it’ll block porn on its public Wi-Fi next year

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For years, Starbucks has caught flak for not preventing its customers from watching porn on its in-store Wi-Fi. Now the coffee retailer says that next year it will introduce a filter that prevents customers from viewing porn and other explicit material in stores, as first reported by Business Insider.

 

Starbucks said to The Verge, “While it rarely occurs, the use of Starbucks public Wi-Fi to view illegal or egregious content is not, nor has it ever been permitted...We have identified a solution to prevent this content from being viewed within our stores and we will begin introducing it to our US locations in 2019.†While there aren’t details on what the content filter is, Starbucks did say it had tested multiple methods.

 

McDonald’s began to block porn in 2016

 

As spotted by BI, an internet safety organization called Enough Is Enough has been pressuring Starbucks and other franchises with in-store internet access to put up content filters for years. Back in 2016, McDonald’s, which was one of the franchises being pressured, began to block porn on its public Wi-Fi networks. This put the onus on Starbucks to do the same. At the time, Starbucks said it would implement filters if it found a content blocker that wouldn’t block unintended sites as well. It had yet to find one.

 

This week, Enough Is Enough CEO Donna Rice Hughes said Starbucks had failed to protect its customers and follow through with its plan to block explicit content. “By breaking its commitment, Starbucks is keeping the doors wide open for convicted sex offenders and others to fly under the radar from law enforcement and use free, public Wi-Fi services to access illegal child porn and hard-core pornography,†she said.

 

A petition from Enough Is Enough said that public Wi-Fi networks “are attracting pedophiles and sex offenders†and put children at risk

 

https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/28/18116576/starbucks-public-wi-fi-porn-block

 

[joyvelvet.]

lol. people actually go to starbuck to use their wifi to watch porn?

[TickleMePink]

I thought sites like that were already blocked in most public wifi places

[Deviandrepepe]

Lol who tf go in a starbuck and watch porn. not to mention the place is super crowded

[Asarlai]

Lol who tf go in a starbuck and watch porn. not to mention the place is super crowded

exhibitionist? maybe or just trippers

[waycrispy1]

eww, imagine sitting near someone getting off with a good ol' cup of coffee

[Mr.Skinny-penis]

Lmao why am I not surprised tho I bet my ass my cousin did this before

[sakurahanabira]

Lol who tf go in a starbuck and watch porn. not to mention the place is super crowded

 

not always, if you come in during non-peak hours, the place can be slow or dead. 

[JihyoStoleMyHeartAYAYAY]

I thought sites like that were already blocked in most public wifi places