Hi there,
I don't think this is a bad idea to censor Home/School internet
connections. I think business connections shouldn't be censored as you
can setup your own filtering.
Optus already block ports 138, 80 and 25 on home connections why not
block some more content.
I think censorship is a great idea. Young children need to be censored
from harmful content. They don't need to be exposed to potentially
damaging websites and now with internet on a mobiles, kids are being
exposed to harmful content that they shouldn't see.
I think home internet plans should be filtered and business plans can be
unfiltered.
That way everyone are happy.
China filters the whole internet to the country and this works for them
so it's feasable to do this technically. Censoring the whole internet is
stupid but censoring HOMES and Schools is a great idea.
"firmly committed to a mandatory clean-feed internet to Australian
homes, schools and public computers"
Our internet connections are already filtered and intercepted so why not
filter the extra CRAP like PORN out.
If you want it get a business connection.
Gareth Smith
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Glen Turner
Sent: Tuesday, 21 October 2008 10:50 AM
To: Rev Simon Rumble; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Fortress .... err Firewall Australia
Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
> This one time, at band camp, Kyle wrote:
>> Is this possibly for real?
>
> Yes. Our political overlords realise it will cost a fortune, will
> slow down our internets and won't work. They're being successfully
> wedged by the shrill wowsers like Hetty Johnstone that being
> anti-filtering is equivalent to being pro kiddy porn.
Hi Simon,
I think that fairly describes the last lot in government.
This lot seem to be serious. That are being wilfully blind to the
effects on reliability and performance. They still think of the Internet
as the Interweb, forgetting about the huge amount of hidden traffic
carrying phone calls, building global scientific instruments, and so on.
Even from the perspective of the Interweb the proposal is stupid.
Cheers, Glen
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