You mix apples and oranges.
I rely on automated devices to protect myself from external enemies.
But how does one protect oneself from one's own desires? The best thing to do is to learn to live moderately and rationally. For this you need parents and wise teachers, not a computer program.
"But how does one protect oneself from one's own desires?"
Peccandique occasiones proximas fugiturum...flee from the near occasion of sin.
"For this you need parents and wise teachers, not a computer program."
Children need parents and wise teachers to protect them from the glamor of evil until they are mature and wise enough to see it for what it is. If a computer program aids in that, that's a good thing.