You are to be censored

[MadDuck]

There's no conspiracy, merely equipment that can be used unscrupulously to gain a competitive advantage .

I blame it on MT and Spank for going international. Some of the crap on KB deserves some kind of review.

Volunteers?

[CookMySock]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_panic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_entrepreneur

It's more like social control. Polarise and startle everyone.

Steve

[Ixion]

Well well. There goes Internet banking

From http://thomasbeagle.net/

Does the filtering work with HTTPS (secure HTTP)?

HTTPS (secure HTTP) is used for security on sites that need it for services such as internet banking and online shopping.
HTTPS requests can’t be examined by the filter server (because they use encryption for the security). This means that all HTTPS traffic to an internet address that has any banned content (possibly for a completely different website) will be blocked.

Not just websites, they're after your mail, too. From Mr Beagle again

Does the filtering include all traffic to the internet address or only web traffic?

All traffic for that internet address is forwarded to the filter server. This includes web, email, chat, and P2P file sharing.
The Netclean Whitebox is designed to filter website traffic. It is unknown whether non-web traffic is blocked or forwarded.

[James Deuce]

Every email going to a .co.uk address is currently being filtered and examined for unsavoury content. You only need to trip the alert on an algorithm designed to recognise key phrases for your regular monthly email to Aunty Mabel to disappear.

[CookMySock]

If you want your email secure, then SECURE IT.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography

Never send anything in the open, if its not meant to be in the open. Would you write a business letter on the back of a postcard? No? So don't send it in the open. Encrypt.

Steve

[rainman]

You are to be censored.

A secret list of banned websites will soon be applied to your internet surfing.

Nice, eh? Good thing we got rid of those "nanny state" losers...

Oh, wait.

[Gremlin]

Every email going to a .co.uk address is currently being filtered and examined for unsavoury content.

Got any details on this, technical level is fine... Curious, as I run a .co.uk domain here in NZ.

Tis the season for it... while trying to search on JD's uk domains, came across an Aussie article here

I reckon you ring up your provider, and have the following convo:
You: I can't access a website.
They: Yes, its blocked.
You: Ah, unblock, thanks
They: Can't
You: It worked fine before you fucked with it
They: Can't unblock
You: Fine, transfer me to accounts, I want a partial refund because your service I'm paying for isn't fully functional

I'm more interested in how they will do it... especially since I'm in IT. Who knows, maybe a business opportunity for bypassing their systems...

[jrandom]

I am willing to bet that Kiwibiker is banned in China.

It wasn't in 2006.

Wikipedia is, though.

[davereid]

only kiddy fiddlers would have an issue with this. won't affect anyone else.

Can't agree with you there. Not even a little bit.

This has nothing at all to do with kiddy porn, and everything to do with reading, recording, and censoring your internet.

7000 sites on the list already.

Are you sure they are all Child Porn ? You will never know as the list is secret.

If they are, why are they authorities not chasing those running the sites and prosecuting them ?

It's hard to accept that there are 7000 sites, all distributing this kind of shit, yet the worlds governments can't identify a single server, single bank account or single webmaster.

[peasea]

Can't agree with you there. Not even a little bit.

This has nothing at all to do with kiddy porn, and everything to do with reading, recording, and censoring your internet.

7000 sites on the list already.

Are you sure they are all Child Porn ? You will never know as the list is secret.

If they are, why are they authorities not chasing those running the sites and prosecuting them ?

It's hard to accept that there are 7000 sites, all distributing this kind of shit, yet the worlds governments can't identify a single server, single bank account or single webmaster.

I thought that. If they are so determined to catch kiddie fiddlers then how hard can it be to locate site operators? While I support the sentiment I can't help but have a strong whiff of rat in my nostrils. The paranoid conspiracy theorist in me is whispering "here come the control freaks once again".

[Supermac Jr]

How about some of you people out there stop dressing your kids like 6 year old whores.

Not the primary theme of this thread i know...

Could agree more with JDs statement!!! Good point!

[peasea]

Not the primary theme of this thread i know...

Could agree more with JDs statement!!! Good point!

6 year olds? Primary theme?
Funny.

[Mikkel]

only kiddy fiddlers would have an issue with this. won't affect anyone else.

Yes, I agree. About we got those pedos off the internet, off their arses and out into the playgrounds where they belong


Censorship is the road to indoctrination. We do really not want it!

[Mully]

Yes, I agree. About we got those pedos off the internet, off their arses and out into the playgrounds where they belong

(p/t)

That's why NZ's pedos are the third fattest in the world. Sedentary lifestyle behind a computer monitor.

They should be out in the fresh air....

(/p/t)

[Ronin]

Every email going to a .co.uk address is currently being filtered and examined for unsavoury content. You only need to trip the alert on an algorithm designed to recognise key phrases for your regular monthly email to Aunty Mabel to disappear.

you mean words like

Obama
bomb
dead

Hey whats that helicopter doing.......