Geoff Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Also the porn industry has a lot of £££ to throw into lobbying if it chooses... Works for Google after all.
Garacesh Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) The Internet is international Most sites have a "Are you over 18/Whatever-the-age-to-view-t3h-pr0nz-is-in-your-country?" splash screens. Age check? Done. What about the hundreds of new sites released every day? We'll think of something. You hush with your logic! What about Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat, Kik etc? Their primary function is not pornographically based, so I think they can absolve the responsibility? I think.. They cant even successfully block PirateBay, people are using Tor to access it which leads them into much seedier territory. But the layman doesn't know that. This is just a headline done by campaign managers who dont know IT for people who dont know IT, to win votes. Yarp. Also the porn industry has a lot of £££ to throw into lobbying if it chooses... Works for Google after all. Is Lobbying a thing in this country? I mean, it probably is, I can't see why it wouldn't be, but is it as big as in the states? Looking at that website.. Yes. Yes it is. It's just more hush-hush. Edited April 7, 2015 by Garacesh 1
Geoff Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Is Lobbying a thing in this country? I mean, it probably is, I can't see why it wouldn't be, but is it as big as in the states? Looking at that website.. Yes. Yes it is. It's just more hush-hush. You've forgotten all about the cash for influence stuff then? 2010 cash for influence scandal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
sparkeh Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Looking beyond this issue, something that worries me is that if the majority of IT stuff (something I know about) that comes from the Government, I know is BS, and most of the education stuff (that I know a fair bit about) that comes from the Government, I know is BS, then I am inclined to believe that most stuff on most topics is BS too and we are just being lead down the path by a bunch of incompetent fools.... but wait, I think I knew that already...
LiamH Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 What are we going to call this totalitarian system, China has the great firewall of China we need something snappy too. Red Sands of *insert well know website here*? Shivering Sands of censorship?
psydii Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 What are we going to call this totalitarian system, China has the great firewall of China we need something snappy too. Red Sands of *insert well know website here*? Shivering Sands of censorship? We will call it the Internet, and think we are free because we choose not to question.
Garacesh Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 You've forgotten all about the cash for influence stuff then? 2010 cash for influence scandal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hm. Yes I had, annoyingly. I also didn't really consider that lobbying when it happened.. But now that the comparison is drawn, you're damn right it's lobbying.. It's paying cash for political influence.. Now I feel like a bit of a mug D:
LeMarchand Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 What are we going to call this totalitarian system, China has the great firewall of China we need something snappy too. The British Blindfold?
featured_spectre Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 How about "The Whitelists of Dover" Sounds good to me. Haha 1
LeMarchand Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 How about "The Whitelists of Dover" There'll be blue films over The white lists of Dover, Tomorrow, just you wait and see.
Garacesh Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 How about "The Whitelists of Dover" You win the internet. .. Or at least the parts of it the Man says you can have.
Ephelyon Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 How about "The Whitelists of Dover" Sounds good to me. Haha I can't top that, but I will chuck in: "The White(hall)list, as determined by Westspinster"
psydii Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 From el Reg today: "There is a crisis in skills and the understanding of the digital world’s power and potential, but it is not limited to the corridors of Whitehall or the boardrooms of the City. It’s also the case in some of our most disadvantaged communities. We must ensure that the 10 million adults who can’t enjoy the benefits of being online because they lack basic digital skills no longer miss out." Martha Lane-Fox I have a feeling that the government's already got that one covered. OK, it's election time but they've just announced compulsory age verification for access to any site with grumble flicks. I can't think of anything more likely to make the youth of the nation pick up digital skill. Tim Worstall And let it never be said that our overlords don't know what they are doing.
GrumbleDook Posted April 9, 2015 Posted April 9, 2015 The only way this works is if There is an agreed whitelist of sites (I wonder if a charge ... erm ... I mean tax could be levied against those sites?) There is a total ban on encryption to stop people trying to bypass this whitelist (ooooohhhhh ... that one has been covered already!!!) The language used is carefully controlled (I *knew* learning Newspeak would come in handy one day ... it was either that or Esperanto!) There is no acknowledged advancement in technology used within the UK and we have to use state agreed equipment, provided by a nationalised manufacturer (Quick ... everyone!!! Get to the Raspberry Pi factory to protect it from a national takeover!) I wish I was only half joking with some of these things.
Arthur Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 Sky switches on 'porn filter' by default « BBC News Broadband giant Sky will block "adult content" by default for all new customers, the company has announced. Sky launched its online content filtering product Broadband Shield in November 2013, but a year later only 3% of its existing customers had opted to switch it on. In January 2015, Sky emailed customers who had joined prior to November 2013 and asked them whether they wanted to switch Broadband Shield on. The filter was automatically switched on if customers ignored the email. Sky said 62% of the customers it had presented with this "unavoidable decision" had kept some form of parental control switched on. The company will now switch Broadband Shield on by default for new joiners, starting in early 2016. Existing customers that have not yet been prompted to opt-in will also be sent an "unavoidable decision" email. 'Keeping children safe' The UK's biggest broadband providers have all agreed to present customers with an "unavoidable decision". Sky has seen the biggest engagement with between 30 and 40% of all customers leaving the content filter switched on. Customers with content filters switched on (June 2015) http://vgy.me/Pdtqpo.png
Ephelyon Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 Standard Panto response... "This is an unavoidable decision." "OH NO IT ISN'T!!!"
Davit2005 Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 BBC News - MPs call for better porn filters to protect children Really the only option I'd be happy to pay for will be when Smoothwall start offering a home product Have you looked at Sophos Home Edition web appliance in a VM, it offers tons of features. HTML5 VPN portal, VPN, Endpoint protection, filtering and more. I even have an OpenVPN client on my iPhone which connects to my network.
CyberDrac Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 I recently acquired a HomeHalo device as a fall back positon, however I have a pfSense box with DanGuardian, and upstream I have restrictions through OpenDNS ... my kids are going to have ZERO fun.
X-13 Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 I recently acquired a HomeHalo device as a fall back positon, however I have a pfSense box with DanGuardian, and upstream I have restrictions through OpenDNS ... my kids are going to have ZERO fun. Or they're going to have lots of fun trying to bypass it.
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