Accountability software
Accountability software, or Internet accountability software is a type of Internet usage monitoring software marketed by groups opposed to pornography, such as Christian groups in the United States.[1] To try to avoid pornography use, some individuals install accountability software,[2] and filtering software, on their own computers, smartphones, and tablets. Others install such software on their children's computers and devices.
The largest users of accountability software are religious groups and families.[3] One of the largest for-profit companies marketing accountability software, called Covenant Eyes, was founded with a $700,000 investment, and makes roughly US $4 million per year from around 56,000 customers who pay for a subscription.[4] The company has a growth rate of 44% per year, and markets a re-branded version of their product though the "Biblical manhood" organization Promise Keepers.[4]
Conservative American states like Utah have more paying pornography subscribers per capita than blue states,[9] and are more likely to self-diagnose as "addicts",[15] and best-selling Christian anti-masturbation books[16] encourage Evangelical men to stop using internet pornography and focus sexual attention on their wives.[17][6][18] Sarah Diefendorf, a sociologist at the University of Washington, found that Evangelical men who took an abstinence pledge before marriage "still struggle with issues like excessive pornography viewing, masturbation" when married.[19][20]
"Internet accountability" is a neologism used to describe a commitment to refrain from using Internet pornography.[21] Accountability software may monitor Internet use on a personal computer, or Internet use by a specific user on a computer.[1] These software applications then generate reports of Internet use viewable by a third party, sometimes called an accountability partner.[22]
Most accountability software costs money to use, but there are free options including Net Responsibility (for Mac OS and Linux) and the free version of X3watch (for Windows and Mac OS). A 2011 Swinburne University report discusses some commercial options for computers, including Safe Eyes and Covenant Eyes.[23] Smartphone and tablet users, if they do not want to pay for accountability software, may still be able to obtain no-cost filtering software.
See also
- Content-control software
- Employee monitoring
- Employee monitoring software
- List of content-control software
- Opposition to pornography
- Parental controls
- Pornography addiction
- Sexaholics Anonymous
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 XXXChurch Pastor and Porn Star Find Some Common Ground at christianpost.com "XXXChurch.com also encourages accountability through its filtering software "X3watch," which sends an email or text message to a person's accountability partner every time he or she visits a questionable website"
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- ↑ Porn again (World (magazine)) "programs track web browsing and deliver regular e-mail updates to an accountability partner of choice."
- ↑ Church Counsels Women Addicted to Pornography at nytimes.com
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