Privacy Settings

**iBog** · October 31st, 2008, 12:59 AM

The more I use Boxee the more I realize we need privacy settings. And i don't just mean the obvious social networking capabilities.

1) Many web browsers, media players and even productivity apps keep a history of where the user has been or a cache of recently used media and documents. These applications typically include the following:

-Ability to specify the time period to keep the data
-Ability to disable the feature
-Ability to manually delete the data
-Ability to automatically delete the data on exit

2) Considering the social nature of Boxee, we should also have granular controls to decide which information is shared and with who. I probably don't want others to know what porn I'm watching and how often.

**agentlame** · October 31st, 2008, 01:04 AM

you know... maybe a 'private mode'?

i have yet to watch any porn in boxee, even set to 'private', because i'm just too scared it will slip through and end-up on my feed.

i have like 200+ friends, from inviting people... it's not like it's some secrete that people watch it. hell, there is even an 'xxx' feed. it's just not what i would call a 'social activity'.

that and my girlfriend is one of my friends.

**iBog** · October 31st, 2008, 01:35 AM

Well... I happen to have a pretty explicit "art film" that appears in IMDB. Maybe I should add it to my library and mark it as a recommendation for others. I wonder if there's a trailer.

**agentlame** · October 31st, 2008, 02:19 AM

lol... maybe that's what i should do... just start recommending porn to everyone. it's like throwing spaghetti at the wall: if it's sticks, it's done... if they stay, they're you friends.

really though, human sexuality is an interest of mine--in the non-pornographic sense. boxee has two really good feeds, that i'm reluctant to recommend to people:
mid west teen sex show: video > internet > xxx > mid west teen sex show.
it's not what it sounds like, it's a really funny sexual education podcast
-and-
savage lovecast: music > internet > culture > savage love
call-in sex advice with dan savage, also extremely funny... dan writes america's most-read advice column. (www.thestranger.com)

i suppose it doesn't matter, as i always rate them, so they show up regardless.

i also have misgivings about recommending political videos on youtube. maybe we should do a 'recommendation etiquette' poll?

(sorry for hijacking your thread.

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**iBog** · October 31st, 2008, 10:07 AM

Yeah, I love Dan Savage's column and my girlfriend just turned me on to the podcast.

I don't know how you innocently explain finding the Mid-West Teen Sex Show only to say that it's not what you think. You thought it was something else?

**agentlame** · October 31st, 2008, 10:33 AM

no, no... really... it's sex advice aimed at teens. (define 'teens' however you like... i'm 27.)

actually, my girlfirend found it when i introduced her to miro (www.getmiro.com)... their goal is altruistic, however skewed the message may seem.... watch a few of them, or even better, check-out ABC's report: http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=4762125 ... it's not my fault that the boxee guys put it in the 'xxx' feed.