HTTP "Prefer:Safe" – Making Online Safety Simpler in Firefox

> designed to simplify and strengthen the online trust and safety model.

Is this intended for the publisher to implement filtering, or for the publisher to declare semantic labels which can be filtered by 3rd-party sites with consistent editoral viewpoints?

Sounds like a great way for kids to learn how HTTP debugging proxies work.

I have to say, I don't really care much for this, and I'm surprised to see it coming from Mozilla.

"Prefer:Safe" is rather vague-sounding. I was expecting something about incorporating something like "HTTPS Everywhere" into Firefox.

I understand the appeal of something to prevent kids from stumbling across porn or violence online, but let's not muddy words like "trust" (which mean something very different when talking about security and privacy) with the concept of age-appropriate content.

I think the idea isn't so much a porn filter as it is a "treat this user as a child" request. So, for example, social networking sites might work in restricted mode.

I do agree "prefer safe" is a very poor way of expressing that desire, though. Maybe "child-safe", but not just "safe", which implies a related but different idea.

I prefer to be safe. Can I be safe while browsing porn?