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The 50 random pornographic images that we used in our test of the BAIR image filter

Unfortunately, while it would be easy for us to select 50 random pornographic images from the Web, it is not easy to prove that the images were selected at random. Exotrope could easily claim that the images in our test were selected on the basis of not being blocked by BAIR. In order to produce a "random sample" of images that could be duplicated by a third party, we used the 64 porn sites that were returned from a Google search for the term "titty fuck" "oral sex". We used Google since their search results are generally more consistent than the search results returned by Alta Vista -- so a third party can follow the Google search link and verify that the sites listed there are the ones that we used.

(Of course, since we're assuming that Exotrope might dispute our findings once this report is published, they could teach the image filter to recognize and block the images listed here anyway. Even if the BAIR filter cannot be taught to recognize pornography, it could probably be taught to recognize and block specific images, so that after they've made these changes, the images below will be blocked even if you save them and upload them to a new location. If that happens, then if you still want to test the BAIR filter for yourself, you can collect your own samples sample of pornographic and non-pornographic images and upload them to a private Web site, and see which images are blocked by BAIR.)

At each site, we downloaded and saved any images that showed bare female breasts or exposed male or female genitalia. (While certainly not all such pictures on the Web are pornographic, we assumed that any such picture displayed on a site that came up in a search for "titty fuck" "oral sex" would qualify as pornography.) However, we did not include pornographic pictures showing black or Asian models, because the BAIR product page suggests that BAIR relies partly on "flesh tone" (presumably meaning Caucasian flesh tone) in pictures to determine if they are pornographic:

"The BAIR may occasionally overblock non-pornographic images that have flesh tone or other characteristics similar to pornographic visuals."
Obviously, if the exclusion of black and Asian models biased the test at all, it would bias the results in favor of Exotrope, by excluding pictures that are less likely to be blocked by their software. We also did not use any "teaser" images showing partially clothed models, or nude pictures with black squares covering body parts, since (1) these pictures are arguably not "pornographic" anyway, and (2) if the BAIR filter works, it may rely on visible bare breasts or genitalia to detect pornograph. (Again, if this rule biases the results, it will bias them in favor of Exotrope.) Only pornographic photographs were used; no drawings or cartoons.

We only used pornographic images displayed on pages linked from Google's search results (but this did include images displayed on other servers, as long as they were visible on a site linked from Google's results page). We also skipped ads that were loaded from a URL which indicated that the same URL would serve a different image every time, since this would have made it harder for third parties to repeat our results. If a site consisted mainly of links to other adult sites, we moved on to the next Google search result. Also, we did not use more than five pictures from any one site, since that would reduce the randomness of the sample.


These are the first 50 pornographic images collected from pages that turned up in a Google search for "titty fuck" "oral sex".

Most of these images will probably be blocked by BAIR if you load them from their original location given below. To test whether the image can be recognized by BAIR's "artificial intelligence" filter, which only looks at the content of an image, you would need to copy the image to a private Web site (as long as your site is not already blocked by BAIR).

http://www.melanies.com/index3.htm
redirects to
http://www.melanies.com/
copied images:
http://www.melanies.com/new/001a.jpg
http://www.melanies.com/new/001b.jpg
http://www.melanies.com/new/straw.jpg

http://www.love-bug.com/oral/
copied images:
http://www.love-bug.com/oral/a_CEPCDI000008.jpg
(the rest of the site requires AdultCheck so we moved on to the next search result)

http://www.smutgremlins.com/hardcore.html
Just a search engine -- no images we could use.

http://www.lesbiansxxx.com/thumbnail.html
used images:
http://www.sexperversion.com/terri/movies1.jpg
http://www.sexperversion.com/terri/movies2.jpg
http://www.getmewet.com/pic/5161x008.jpg
http://www.sexperversion.com/terri/pic7.jpg
http://www.getmewet.com/pic/5161x010.jpg

http://www.pornmachine.com/boobsfucked.html
used images:
http://www.pornmachine.com/kafa01a.jpg
http://www.pornmachine.com/kafa01b.jpg
http://www.pornmachine.com/kafa01c.jpg
http://www.pornmachine.com/kafa01d.jpg
http://208.224.235.229/graphics/console1.jpg

http://www.wet-n-sexy.com/
used images:
http://www.wet-n-sexy.com/new/d1.jpg
http://www.wet-n-sexy.com/new/d2.jpg
http://www.wet-n-sexy.com/new/teens21.jpg
http://www.wet-n-sexy.com/new/ladies2a.jpg
http://www.wet-n-sexy.com/new/hymen2a.jpg

http://www.deepwetpussy.com/
redirects to:
http://www.nudesletter.com/kara/sitechooser-tc.html
used images:
http://www.nudesletter.com/kara/images/cumshot.jpg
http://www.nudesletter.com/kara/images/fucking.jpg
http://www.nudesletter.com/kara/images/amateur.jpg
http://www.nudesletter.com/kara/images/lesbian.jpg
http://www.nudesletter.com/kara/images/teen2.jpg

http://www.mcftp.com/zips57.html
used image:
http://www.mcftp.com/amateurpages.jpg

http://www.gotmagic.com/jokes.html
no images

http://www.espm.com/tour-pic.htm
used image:
http://www.espm.com/tour1a.jpg

http://home.interhop.net/~dgorman/
no images we could use

http://www.freethumbnailgalleries.com/
used images:
http://www.freethumbnailgalleries.com/output1B1.jpg
http://www.freethumbnailgalleries.com/output1C1.jpg
http://www.freethumbnailgalleries.com/video.gif
http://www.freethumbnailgalleries.com/photos.gif
http://www.freethumbnailgalleries.com/livegirls.gif

http://www.link-o-rama.com/greenguy/newsites.shtml
used image:
http://www.link-o-rama.com/adverts/bignipple/ban02.jpg

http://www.reamit.com/sexpie/mopie.html
no images that we could use

http://sa-1.enteract.com/~bport/dirty/
no images that we could use

http://www.sexstories-lesbian.com/stories/les102.html
just a referral link to another site

http://xxx-chix.com/
used images:
http://xxx-chix.com/mast.gif
http://xxx-chix.com/logo1.jpg
http://www.xxx-chix.com/consoles/exit1.jpg

http://www.escape.com/~bokonon/blumpie.html
no images that we could use

http://www.click4movie.com/main.htm
Not Found
http://www.screenqueens.com/porn-sex-files/annonymous.html
just a referral link to another site

http://www.agecheck.com/participating/variety/2.html
just links to other sites

http://www.subgenius.com/updates/5-99news/X0027_the_dirty_sanchez_et.html
just text

http://fingerphuk.com/hot/ze.htm
used image:
http://pandobox.com/banner/click.jpg
page redirects to:
http://kunt.com
used images:
http://kunt.com/treas-2med.jpg
http://kunt.com/cum138vl1.jpg
page redirects to:
http://pandobox.com/enter.html
used images:
http://pandobox.com/cum1.jpg
http://pandobox.com/2f1m40.jpg

http://fun.pinknet.cz/mar/sexwords.htm
just text
http://nude.softcore-space.com/gregpix/december.htm
This is a Not Found page, but the Not Found page includes these images:
http://adserver.sextracker.com/adstream.cgi/the.sextracker.com/softcore@Middle
http://ss.mtree.com/xbs/402442/12/10/30

http://www.picpost.com/archive/week0009.html
host name was not found at the time (although it came back up later)

http://www.omen.net.au/~sfingaz/euphemisms.html
just text

http://www.chessiemoore.com/cmmail.htm
no freely available pictures that we could use

http://www.edenism.com/USERS/NUDE_BEACH/nude_beach.htm
redirects to
http://www.coccozella.com/
but these are nudist pictures, not truly "pornographic", so we didn't use them

http://www.socool.freeserve.co.uk/this_is_the_oh_no.htm
no photographs, only cartoons

http://www.megapornlinks.com/new.html
just links to other sites

http://www.ampland.com/humor/dictionary.html
just text

http://www.swiftsite.com/swm0164/zzznm.htm
used image:
http://www.swiftsite.com/swm0164/girlson.gif

http://www.creativepower.com/thesexfiles/annonymous.html
redirects to:
http://www.sex-stars.com/
redirects to:
http://www.sex-stars.com/enter.html
used image:
http://www.sex-stars.com/banners/04_a.jpg

http://nudist-pictures.babesitez.com/
used image:
http://nudist-pictures.babesitez.com/totallyhardcore.gif

http://www.porn-story.masturbate.tm/
used image:
http://www.otuzbir.com/sponsors/t18banner5.jpg
redirects to:
http://www.seventeens.com/fp/sexstories.html
redirects to:
http://www.seventeens.com/fp/teensoft/teensteam/index.html
used images:
http://www.seventeens.com/fp/teensoft/teensteam/tspp01b.jpg
http://www.seventeens.com/fp/teensoft/teensteam/tspp01c.jpg
http://www.seventeens.com/fp/teensoft/teensteam/tspp01d.jpg
http://www.seventeens.com/fp/teensoft/teensteam/tspp01e.jpg