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The website, meanwhile, has had millions of visitors who can download free accountability software called X3. When installed on a computer, X3 sends an e-mail every 14 days to a chosen friend or friends with a list of the websites visited by that computer. The site also features testimonials from porn addicts, prayer and Bible study resources, and an open forum called "The Prayer Wall," with hundreds of thousands of posts from addicts, spouses of addicts, and more recently, porn stars themselves.
This article (courtesy of www.politicaltheory.info) has many good bits:
Lately, XXXChurch.com has moved into helping those within the porn industry. The ministry has received letters from porn stars wanting to get out. One said she was trying to decide whether to e-mail them or Jerry Springer.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on August 17, 2005 at 12:47 PM in Economics | Permalink
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Don't worry, X3 is here to help! Via Marginal Revolution, apparently there is now a program that will automatically send emails to a group of people you specify each 2 weeks. The email contains every website you visit over the course of that time.
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