BT Parental Controls - wtf

[Diddums]

Is this that pr0n filter that was doing the rounds earlier in the year? I just tried to visit a perfectly normal site and this massive pop up appeared asking if I'd like to enable parental controls. I said no, told it to sod off, but it's being a pretty persistent bugger.

How the hell do I get rid of it? There are no kids in my household, we're all adults, I have no intention of dealing with this nanny state nonsense.

VPN perhaps?

 

[AJK]

Did saying "no" and telling it to sod off not get rid of it?

 

[Diddums]

I said no, it said "you've selected no", at which point I clicked "close" and it just stays there. I have to restart tabs / chrome / mess about to do my usual browsing.

 

[meandu229]

You sure its the BT one not some random malware? Ring BT tell em to take it off and that should be it.

 

[ci_newman]

Then you're doing it wrong... RTFM.

 

[JoeF1]

Can you not just disable this in the router?

 

[Flying_Hellfish]

The mind tends not to think coherently in these moments

 

[MooMoo444]

You sure its the BT one not some random malware? Ring BT tell em to take it off and that should be it.

Awkward conversation though.

"Hi, I'm trying to find out why my parental lock keeps activating."
"Sorry sir, what are you trying to access."
"Cough.. well.. adult videos."
"Thank you sir. I can't see anything wrong with your account, so I'll need to investigate further. What content are you trying to open specifically?"
"Midget blondes Riding Blacks 2: Rodeo"

 

[TheBDog]

Awkward conversation though.

"Hi, I'm trying to find out why my parental lock keeps activating."
"Sorry sir, what are you trying to access."
"Cough.. well.. adult videos."
"Thank you sir. I can't see anything wrong with your account, so I'll need to investigate further. What content are you trying to open specifically?"
"Midget blondes Riding Blacks 2: Rodeo"

I lolled

 

[Cosimo]

It should appear once and not again.

You could ask here:

https://community.bt.com/t5/Other-Broadband-Queries/bd-p/OtherBB

 

[ZXSpectrum]

LOL EE Actually block the Overclockers Forums by default! Do forums have a rating that would make them think that OCUK forums has any adult material??

Used to be the case anyway.

 

[TheBDog]

It's all that pasty smashing talk.

 

[Cosimo]

It's all that pasty smashing talk.

Or too much poo through the letterbox filter.

 

[Casdawer]

I believe this is a setting on the BT account and not on the router.

You should be able to log in and disable it.

 

[maxilive]

I've had this with Virgin Media as well a few weeks back when looking at Imgur via reddit

Just took me too clicked No and it has been gone since but you can login to your account online to enable/disable.

 

[Cosimo]

I believe this is a setting on the BT account and not on the router.

You should be able to log in and disable it.

Here is all the info you need:

http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/46768/~/bt-parental-controls---'how-to...'-guide

 

[doofer]

They're quite happy to accept you're an Adult when paying their bills of course... If BT or any other ISP wants to treat its Customers like Children then just stop paying the bills they send you, they cannot Legally Contract with an under-18 in the UK and therefore their Services are rendered invalid and it would technically be illegal for them to offer their Services and Charge a Fee for such Services to under-18s without explicit Parental Consent. Ridiculous Nanny State Govt. bull****.

 

[TheBDog]

Or too much poo through the letterbox filter.

That would be outrageous! I vote finding out where BT lives and someone (not me) poo through their(collective) letterbox

 

[LOAM]

pr0n

I just tried to visit

massive pop up

How the hell do I get rid of it? There are no kids in my household

I have extracted the relevant parts

 

[Diddums]

Phew, thanks guys, I'll see what I can do.

After browsing with various ISPs for at least 15 years without a single intervention, you can imagine my surprise when suddenly this pops up!


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