IMHO, Technically, the statement is correct at face value. Airport security checks are not done correctly or effectively either.
There is some censorship that is meant to protect (e.g. That which aims to protect against child exploitation). Not a root cause solution, but maybe needed to enable predators to be prosecuted. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: "Rob Slade, doting Grandpa of Rayn, Trevor, Devon, and Hannah" <rmsl...@shaw.ca> Sender: funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 08:08:59 To: funsec<funsec@linuxbox.org> Subject: [funsec] "Authors for Censorship" founder ... This year's winner of the Nobel Prize in literature says censorship is as necessary as airport security checks. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/06/mo-yan-nobel-literature-p_n_2250956.html Wait, am I reading the Onion? Is this guy for real? (Are the committee?) ====================== rsl...@vcn.bc.ca sl...@victoria.tc.ca rsl...@computercrime.org "If you do buy a computer, don't turn it on." - Richards' 2nd Law "Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses" 0-387-94663-2 "Viruses Revealed" 0-07-213090-3 "Software Forensics" 0-07-142804-6 "Dictionary of Information Security" Syngress 1-59749-115-2 ============= for back issues: CISSP refs: http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/mnbksccd.htm PC Security: http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/mnvrrvsc.htm Security Dict.: http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/secgloss.htm Security Educ.: http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/comseced.htm Book reviews: http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/mnbk.htm http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/review.htm Partial/recent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/techbooks/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Slade http://www.infosecbc.org/links http://twitter.com/rslade http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.