On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Marek Wawrzyczny wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:15, Benno wrote:
> > On Thu Feb 24, 2005 at 10:08:33 +1100, DaZZa wrote:
> > >We may as well shut down the internet now.
> > >
> > >http://www.smh.com.au/news/Breaking/ISPs-forced-to-join-child-porn-crackdo
> > >wn/2005/02/23/1109046951674.html
> > >
> > ><aside>
> > >
> > >If you don't have one already, login with
> > >
> > >username: vanitas
> > >password: vain
> > >
> > ></aside>
> > >
> > >Basically, it makes Australian ISP's liable for $55000 fines if their
> > >service can be USED to access child pornography and they don't report it
> > >to the federal police.
> > >
> > >Furrfu! If I was running an ISP, I'd just report the entire internet and
> > >be done with it. *Any* internet connection can be used to access child
> > >porn if you know where to look. As abhorrent as I find the concept of
> > >child pornography, this just has to be the stupidest law of the year. You
> > >might as well fine Telstra or Optus because child pornographers can talk
> > >to each other, if they know the right number!
> >
> > If you read further it doesn't seem as bad. I think the article is probably
> > poorly written. Other new sources I've heard (JJJ radio), suggests that it
> > if they are made aware of a particular site carrying child-porn, and do not
> > restrict access to that.
> >
> > Of course, there is a bit of a problem here, how can they check it? Since
> > that is also illegal. And who would make them aware of the child porn?
> > Because then you would have had to access the porn in the first place. So
> > yeah, OK, it is stupid ;)
> >
> > Benno
>
> Perhaps the law should be amended to include:
>
> "All ISPs should employ masses of trained monkeys that scour the net in
> search
> of illegal sites, and add them to the list... and if monkeys are unavailable,
> replace them with blindfolded employees..."
>
> Seriously though, who are they kidding?
>
> It'll just force those fiends to use encrypted, password protected sites,
> it'll make them more difficult to find and weed out. Those knee jerk
> reactions are just plain stupid, especially when the policy makers have no
> understanding of the technologies involved.
Nowhere in the original article did it actually say they had to prevent
access, just report it to the AFP. In this way the AFP can monitor it and
at least try to catch the people involved at each end. The phrase "It will
also be a federal offence, carrying a penalty of 10 years' jail, for a
person to use the internet to access, transmit or make available child
pornography or child abuse material." refers to a person, not things like
routers & proxies.
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