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Related: About this forumUtah gets first porn seeking dog
Mmmmkay This pup has a scent for porn.
Utah, which declared pornography a public health crisis, now has its first porn-searching dog, trained to sniff out any smut.
The 16-month-old K-9, named URL but pronounced Earl, was rescued from a shelter as a puppy and went through half a year of training in Indiana to search for porn.
URLs highly sensitive nose has been trained to sniff out chemical compounds found in thumb drives, phones, SIM cards, SD cards, hard drives, tablets and iPads, the Weber County Sheriffs office said in a statement.
Utah, which declared pornography a public health crisis, now has its first porn-searching dog, trained to sniff out any smut.
The 16-month-old K-9, named URL but pronounced Earl, was rescued from a shelter as a puppy and went through half a year of training in Indiana to search for porn.
URLs highly sensitive nose has been trained to sniff out chemical compounds found in thumb drives, phones, SIM cards, SD cards, hard drives, tablets and iPads, the Weber County Sheriffs office said in a statement.
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Utah gets first porn seeking dog (Original Post)
47of74
Jun 2016
OP
Would work a treat, unless your nosy parents were teachers or worried about your grades! nt
MADem
Jun 2016
#9
Presumably this is to search places once all the known PCs, phones etc. have been removed
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2016
#10
MADem
(135,425 posts)1. How does he know it is porn?
It could be a term paper, or a tax return!!!!
Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)6. That's why I always named my porn folder
'Homework' back in high school. Haha
MADem
(135,425 posts)9. Would work a treat, unless your nosy parents were teachers or worried about your grades! nt
RandySF
(58,709 posts)2. That fine dog has better things to do with his time.
bearssoapbox
(1,408 posts)3. Earl should go through senator Todd Weiler home and office first.
Depending on how the dog alerts when it finds porn, could give a new meaning to the term "pointer dog".
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)4. Don't let him near the internet
he will lose his mind.
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)5. Yeah, a PC that has porn on it smells differently than a virgin PC
These people need to get a life!
Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)7. Maybe they can delete the porn...
And the PC can be a born again Virgin so long as the computer takes a purity pledge.
47of74
(18,470 posts)8. Yeah what about one that's been on Free Republic?
muriel_volestrangler
(101,295 posts)10. Presumably this is to search places once all the known PCs, phones etc. have been removed
if they think people have them hidden under floorboards or whatever.