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Fandroids get their very own PERVY SMUT browser

It's called Jerky, which sort of cancels out its privacy settings

SFW Are you a pr0n-loving Fandroid who's sick of having to toggle the privacy button every time you view a grumble flick?

There's help, er, at hand, apparently, with the release of the world's first ever smut-focused web browser.

A developer called Steven Goh has designed a new mobile web browser which is unsubtly called Jerky, a name that presumably doesn't refer to the dried meat dish but the sort of physical action he intends men to perform as they use it.

Fresh from the success of his Chrome extension Go Away Cameron, which allowed users to bypass the PM's porn restrictions, Goh has stepped up his pro-porn mission to another level.

He fears that the crackdown on filth is part of a dirty tricks campaign which could have a chilling effect on internet freedom.

"The UK blocked goawaycameron.co.uk less than a month after it launched, even though it is not a porn site," the developer claimed in an email. "Isn't that quite a clear sign?"

"I don't think this movement of internet censorship will cease, let alone slow down. But the people can fight back. There is the dark internet and other mechanisms, but I think we can do better.

"With Jerky browser, plenty of users are using it not because of its porn bypass, but because it is a helluva browser just on its own.

The "porn bypass browser" features password protection and a built-in private proxy bypass to sidestep ISP filters worldwide.

These key privacy features should make sure no throbbing members accidentally pop up on screen as you try to show the family which hotel you've booked for the next holiday.

It will also stop ad-stalkers in their tracks, with a "permanently incognito" system which prevents the storage of cookies, files, history or other data.

The dev said that he wasn't so much interested in helping the world see more porn, as wanting to maintain an uncensored internet.

"The world does not need a porn browser. Rather, the world needs more browsers, which are our gateway to the internet, focusing on privacy," he said.

"Now, it also happens that in some parts of the world, the internet is nannied with censorship. I don't believe that power should lie with the government. With the desktop, we have the option of VPN, and even simple Chrome extensions like Go away Cameron that bypass internet filters. But it isn't that easy on a mobile device.

"This is a personal crusade, it is just that people actually like and want porn. And I happen to have zero awkwardness about this taboo. Personally, beyond porn, I believe that there is a lot of room for innovation in connecting people and websites. The fact the internet is so centralised now has brought about quite a few problems like NSA snooping and sniffing or susceptibility to DDoS attacks."

Of course, even the most inept of web surfers can probably figure out how to protect their privacy (up to a point) while browsing. Just click the privacy button, stupid, and clear the history and cookies before fondling your slab in public.

As for "Cameron's porn filter", tech-savvy onanists have pointed out that it is implemented through "opt-out" controls arranged by the UK's internet service providers, and thus is a problem which does not need an additional solution...

On a thread discussing Jerky, one Reddit user wrote: "There is no 'UK porn filter'. There are instead parental controls implemented by the ISP, which, and this bit is the only thing that is new or has been changed, are now enabled by default for new accounts on several major ISPs. You don't need some dodgy new browser to bypass the parental controls, you just need to disable them in your account settings."

An iOS version of Jerky is currently in development and will be rolled out later this year, depending on whether or not it bypasses Cupertino's own porn filter. ®

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