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Geoff

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The figures from OFCOM (July 2013) compared to the previous report (May 2013) show an overall increase of 18% in piracy for the 3 month period, although Ofcom pointed out that the rise in piracy coincides with an overall boost in the proportion of internet users accessing digital media content from 57% to 60% in the 3 month period.

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psydii

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Silly HBO. If this had been available months ago would there have been so much pirating?

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That said... 'most pirated' is quite a badge if you are still making money hand over fist.

 

 

@Geoff:On SSL/TLS. I don't doubt that SSL interception is trivial for government backed network operators. A letter from the Cabinet Office, requesting root certificate access from one of the larger authorities, and they can intercept and monitor what ever they want. It is probably a weapon they currently deploy only in targeted cases in case a random Alice spots it, but with care, it can be done, and with additional complicity from say Google / Mozilla / Apple and Microsoft the likelihood of routine 'government backed' man-in-the-middle attack against PKI encrypted links seems a certainty.

 

I digress.

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MrMat

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All I know is the conversation with my mom to remove this filter so my lifetime membership of big butts bonanza doesn't go to waste is going to be awkward...

 

 

 

 

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Garacesh

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How do I go about making my own country? I want to declare war.

Back to my previous statement. Does anyone know how I can start my own country?

Funnily enough, I actually do :D You'll need to own your own plot of land and establish a form of government (though there are no rules on what type). Then you need to have at least 100 people legitimately apply for citizenship. Once they're approved you can declare yourself a country, though until you amass sizable support, landmass, wealth and military power, I doubt you'll ever be taken seriously as a country by the UN/rest of the world.

... I know this because there are two 'countries' on Reddit that are at war with each other..

 

Back on topic, I posted a large rant on Facebook about this issue which I may have to copy-and-paste into here later (ironically, filters :p) and for the first time in my life I'll be writing to my local MP with regards to the issue. Doubtful I'll make any difference, but there's no harm in trying it. The whole 'if everybody did it together..' hope. There's been some very good discussion here, and there's been a lot of things I've wanted to directly respond to, but my post would be three-miles long of quotes, so I'll refrain. Interesting to read through.

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Arthur

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If you pay a little more a month for a business class connection off XILO or AAISP you can continue on your merry way without worry about this affecting you.

Simply switching to a home broadband package from Andrews & Arnold (or one of the other smaller ISPs) would be enough. :)

 

UK ISP on porn filters: if you want internet censorship 'move to North Korea' « Wired

 

UK ISP Andrews & Arnold has publicly lambasted David Cameron's automatic porn filter decision and says it will not be using them, explaining "sorry, for a censored internet you will have to pick a different ISP or move to North Korea".

 

The statement, pointed out by TechEye, might have a comical-sounding turn to it. But the people behind Andrews & Arnold feel strongly about their role as a service provider.

 

"It is not our role to try and censor what you do with the internet. We do not try and log or limit what you are accessing. It is your responsibility to stick to the laws that apply to you. We have no intention of putting in place any censorship systems or using censored transit feeds."

 

"Active choice" it argues, "is not a choice".

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Garacesh

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If a kid's smart enough to know what a VPN is and how to effectively utilise one, then he probably knows a million other ways to get around this filter.

It would be plausible. Plausible (but still a crock...) if they said Proxies. But VPNs? Really?

MikeGilbert

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I was thinking over the weekend about this, and wonder if anyone out there in Edugeekland has looked at running Untangle/Ipcop/Smoothwall or one of the other firewall appliances on a Raspberry Pi. Having used these at home when my kids were small, installed on discard PC boxes, it would seem to be a good route to enable parents to have control. I'm not suggesting that the majority of parents could build the thing (just like the majority of kids don't understand VPNs), but that it would be a way for schools to provide support, and maybe even earn a few quid.
X-13

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I was thinking over the weekend about this, and wonder if anyone out there in Edugeekland has looked at running Untangle/Ipcop/Smoothwall or one of the other firewall appliances on a Raspberry Pi. Having used these at home when my kids were small, installed on discard PC boxes, it would seem to be a good route to enable parents to have control. I'm not suggesting that the majority of parents could build the thing (just like the majority of kids don't understand VPNs), but that it would be a way for schools to provide support, and maybe even earn a few quid.

 

But, how would the government [et al] monitor everyone?

CAM

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Critics: "But we can just use a VPN to bypass it"

C.Perry: "Gotta get those paedo-infested VPNs!"

NSA: "Care. We can see it all anyway."

 

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