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Airlines confront a new menace.

Ah, the price of progress: Airlines that are unveiling in-flight wi-fi access worry that customers will use it to surf porn, Wired reports. Initially, American Airlines asked its flight attendants to keep an eye on libidinous passengers. But as Corey Caldwell of the Association of Flight Attendants says, “Flight attendants are on board to provide security and safety for passengers, not to monitor their Internet usage.” Plus, it’d make for an awkward exchange during drink orders. The solution? American Airlines has now decided to install a filter onboard, as has Delta.

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