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A while ago I stumbled upon one of the weirdest/coolest/most original reasons for abandoning Linux I have seen in a long time. Check it out here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=878991

Basically, the guy is heading back to Windows due to a massive addiction to pornography. He says there is not enough pornography-filtering software available for *nix systems.

Perhaps he is right? I'm not sure. But it sure is very original!

At one point in the post, he makes mention of an O/S tool that scans your browsing habits and threatens to email a person of your choosing. I thought to myself that such an idea is great for a Firefox Extension!

So I sat down and started hacking on an extension that works in the following way: The user (adictee) preconfigures the extension with a list of the websites he/she visits in order to "fill their need" and provides one or more appropriate email addresses (their mother, girlfriend/boyfriend, etc). From here, the extension silently pays attention to the users browsing and, in the occurence of the user browsing to a "disallowed" page, the supplied individuals are instantly emailed informing them of what their son/partner/whatever is up to!

I don't believe in censorship or content filtering, and so the pages will be completely available to the user, but the consequences could be dire (provided they use it with integrity!).

I have basically finished the extension and should have it packaged up and ready for download within the next day or so. I will give out more specific details (including full source code) at that time.

Also, I have decided to name it "Freyja"; a not-so-accidental reference to the Norse Goddess of Fertility.

Now there is no excuse, porn addicts all over the world can feel comfortable using free software!