Monday, February 23, 2009

Adult Content Warning

So I decided to share a piece of cyberpunky fiction with some friends who ask for it.  I wrote the whole thing on my spare time, but kept the file on my work laptop for convenience.  I haven't opened the file since before our Holiday break in December nor did I open it today.  I simply attached it and forwarded it.  About a second later I got this automated message...

Your email message RE: Cyberpunk? to "Ben Wilson" has been delivered.

However it was identified by our content filtering processes as containing language that may be considered inappropriate for business-like communication. It is possible that the recipient(s) may not have received it if they run similar filtering processes. You may want to confirm with the recipient(s) that they have received the email correctly.

A copy of this email has been redirected to an administration queue which is randomly scanned for inappropriate mail and objectionable material.

Email that fails to comply with ******* corporate policy may result in disciplinary action being taken.

The ******* corporate email policy can be found at

The content which caused this to happen was

List:Reputation Protection Keywords

Found the expression "porn*" 2 times, at 2 points each, for an expression score of 4 points.

Found the expression "bitch*" 1 times, at 3 points each, for an expression score of 3 points.

Found the expression "*fuck*" 2 times, at 1 points each, for an expression score of 2 points.

Found the expression "Fuck" 4 times, at 9 points each, for an expression score of 36 points.

Found the expression "nasty" 1 times, at 1 points each, for an expression score of 1 points.

Found the expression "rape" 1 times, at 2 points each, for an expression score of 2 points.

Found the expression "sex" 2 times, at 2 points each, for an expression score of 4 points.

Found the expression "shit" 2 times, at 1 points each, for an expression score of 2 points.

Found the expression "naked" 2 times, at 1 points each, for an expression score of 2 points.

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Total Message Score: 56 points.

Woo! 56 points on the naughty system!

Of course, I didn't know we had a naughty word scanner on the network... I suppose that was money well spent to find all the folks who might be sending naughty words.  I mean if you sent an offensive work message, I bet the recepient would complain to their supervisor.  Then they could lookup the naughtiness point value... maybe they have a threshold where 50 points is a misdemeanor and 100 points is a felony.

Just who sat down and coded which words were naughtiest? How exactly did they accomplish this on their own network without tripping their own alarms...  What about the autoresponder itself... If I fowarded this to my boss, would it get in trouble too?

Anyway folks... The data gods are watching.  A strange irony to be detected in a cyberpunk story...

 

3 comments:

  1. Good thing I didn't send any real porn...

    "Total message score: 1647 points... and autoresponder now needs a cigarette."

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  2. *SNICKER!!!* I am highly amused... and very sorry that the data deity didn't like your story....... :oS And, erm, why is "nasty" on the list?

    "No way I can look sexy when I'm going around with a nasty fuckin' cold" is apparently a 12 point message. o.O

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