During a conversation on the “War on Technology” at Benton, Louisiana’s Cypress Baptist Church — unearthed by X user Receipt Maven last week — Louisiana Speaker of the House Mike Johnson talked about how he installed “accountability software” called Covenant Eyes on his devices in order to abstain from internet porn and other sexy sites. Via Rolling Stone:
“It scans all the activity on your phone, or your devices, your laptop, what have you; we do all of it,” Johnson told the panel about the app.
“It sends a report to your accountability partner. My accountability partner right now is Jack, my son. He’s 17. So he and I get a report about all the things that are on our phones, all of our devices, once a week. If anything objectionable comes up, your accountability partner gets an immediate notice. I’m proud to tell ya, my son has got a clean slate.”
Outside of the creepy Big Brother-ness of it all, Receipt Maven also aired concerns about whether Covenant Eyes — which is still a working subscription-based service — might “compromise” Johnson’s devices, if he’s still actively seeking accountability.
“A US Congressman is allowing a 3rd Party tech company to scan ALL of his electronic devices daily and then uploading reports to his son about what he’s watching or not watching….,” Receipt Maven wrote. “I mean, who else is accessing that data?”
Good point, Receipt Maven! I mean, I was so immersed in the sheer creep factor, I forgot all about the cybersecurity part.
On the other hand, if there's a leak, there's a chance we'll find out exactly why Commander Johnson is so very fixated on what other people do with their naked bodies.
Note: This is also the same software used by Josh Duggar, who installed a password-protected network on his computer that hid the part of the drive where he stored child sexual materials.
