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Virtual Integrity
• Multiple users on one account can have their own account
ability partners
• Scores every website even if it is a brand new website that has
never been reviewed by filter programs
• Unlimited number of accountability partners at no extra
charge
• Unlimited number of computers—add to other computers at
no extra charge
• Accountability partners access your repo rt at no charge to
them
• You can choose to selectively block protocols, like file sharing
programs
• Works with all computers and Internet connections
• Protection against circumvention
• Easy-to-read reports16
While many churches and other Christian organizations use ac
countability software, it is rarely found in businesses and homes today.
Most large organizations, like the State of Michigan, use a good
enterprise-wide filtering product like Websense. The fifteen or so
categories that are blocked, such as spyware and porn (out of more
than seventy categories), are decided on by a group of senior business
executives, but they are not tailored to individuals, due to the admin
istrative overhead and the flexibility that business areas desire.
Michigan government has two people administering Websense
software for about 55,000 employees. While this approach is very
efficient and meets legal and security requirements, it lacks the
necessary breadth and depth required as we enter into the second
decade of the twenty-first century. I ’m referring to the myriad of
unique situations coming at us from sites like Facebook, YouTube,
MySpace, and others.
But the biggest reason that I support peer accountability on a mas
sive scale is that it eliminates the “defeat the cyber police” mentality
at work. Quite simply, it allows employees to personalize their Web
experience (bottom-up) for integrity and accountability. For those
who choose not to have accountability partners, theywould still meet
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