Mobile Security Firm Releases New Porn Filter for Android

MOBILESPACE—A Silicon Valley based mobile security firm called Trustlook is promoting the fact that its latest web security solution also comes with "integrated porn filtering for Android. When users surf a porn sites, Trustlook Antivirus will notify users of its potential risk or content violation based on the set filtering policy." In an announcement issued today, the company states that mobile users want to be informed whether content they are accessing is appropriate or not, and adds, "Unlike computers which have long been under the protection of ICRR (Internet Content Rationing Regulation) and other related systems, mobile users are still exposed to the unfiltered internet environment. Trustlook is now the first mobile security vendor which protects mobile users in this fashion." Company CEO Allan Zhang comments, "Unlike traditional mobile security vendors who only protect users from the risks of viruses and malware, we provide mobile content filtering solutions for phishing and adult content. With this new update Trustlook Antivirus can now protect our users from unknowingly surfing or redirecting to malicious sites that host spyware, adware or adult content." Nice of them to equate legal content in with spyware and adware.