No opt-out of filtered internet

[MV75]

I wouldn't worry too much about this. It's technically impossible and it's going to be an expensive embarrassing mess.

No it's not, it's very possible and that's what sucks, well, the thing that will suck will be dialup speeds on adsl2+ and being taxed for it.

[Rampage]

children shouldnt be on the net unsupervised anyways

would using a proxy from another country (US,UK etc) defeat the filterings if it gets put in place?

[llamatron]

If this inane plan goes ahead and is actually implemented I will start making plans to permanently leave this country as quickly as possible.

[dirge]

This won't actually get up. Bob Carr suggested something similar in the 1990s and it just never happened. Sure, it's technically possible, but it'll be pointless. So they block a site on [say] how to build your own atomic bomb. The thing would just get mirrored. ASCII text is replaced by a GIF of the same text, so the 3 guys scouring the net for "bad" content will take months if not years to find it.

This is as much pie in the sky as the RIAA's attempts at stopping illegal downloading. Site will move and content will get around the system. And the idiots dumb enough to handle Plutonium in their backyard shed will develop acute radiation poisioning either way

[Soundwarp]

Man too much reading for me so i don't get it

[Pulse]

Didn't the Fed Gov try to get an "adult content filter" for kids up & running last year or the year before?

Didn't some teenager crack it almost immediately?

[jacksplatt11]

Didn't the Fed Gov try to get an "adult content filter" for kids up & running last year or the year before?

Didn't some teenager crack it almost immediately?

Haha yeah I remember something like that, pretty much as soon as it was out it was cracked...

Seriously though, it's a pretty stupid idea

[MV75]

This won't actually get up. Bob Carr suggested something similar in the 1990s and it just never happened. Sure, it's technically possible, but it'll be pointless. So they block a site on [say] how to build your own atomic bomb. The thing would just get mirrored. ASCII text is replaced by a GIF of the same text, so the 3 guys scouring the net for "bad" content will take months if not years to find it.

This is as much pie in the sky as the RIAA's attempts at stopping illegal downloading. Site will move and content will get around the system. And the idiots dumb enough to handle Plutonium in their backyard shed will develop acute radiation poisioning either way

It still might get up and going though as the idiocity of our polititions knows no bounds.

But I'd fully expect full and brutal retaliation from corporations and business when it ends up totally stuffing up their network speeds and abilities to offer customers reliable web interfacing to their stores.

[dirge]

It still might get up and going though as the idiocity of our polititions knows no bounds.

I should clarify. I meant the idea won't actually get up in a practical sense. They may try and implement it, but it wont ultimately succeed.

[jaydisc]

I should clarify. I meant the idea won't actually get up in a practical sense. They may try and implement it, but it wont ultimately succeed.

My sentiment exactly.