Filtering the Internet is like catching flies with tweezers.
I heard some 'expert' on the radio today talking about Internet censorship, I forget his name. he said that 'Television and Radio are Censored, so it is only natural that the Internet would be censored as well'. This is based on the impression that the internet is a service much like radio or television.
The truth is that the benefit and the propularity of the Internet is because it is not a service like television or radio. It is more closely related to the telephone, but with a greater flexibility in the media that can be transferred. It is two way communication, and should be perhaps treated as such. There are a range of privacy laws designed to protect the individual while using the telephone. The telephone service is not censored in anyway. Why is the Internet suddenly beign treated like something other than what it is ? Did the presence of the screen confuse the 'experts'. To give these people a voice is like trusting the opinion of the white coat wearing extras from the ponds institute.
There are many ways that these kinds of filters can be avoided, in fact the people who this system is designed to inhibit are the ones who best understand how to avoid that service. Does the government honestly think that these people simply go to w3.childpron.com and download from there? Do they just join the "I'm a fan of altar boys" group on facebook ?
Why on earth do they employ those computer forensic experts to track down the"child porn rings" of criminals?
The truth is that the Internet is flexible enough to allow constantly evolving systems for the transfer of information that is not filterable. The many, many methods of obfuscation that the apparent target group can use to avoid detection make the implementation of a single point of filtration impractical.
Don't be fooled, running the Internet through a filter is only good for one thing. Allowing the tracking of use by common users. They want a more effective way of keeping track of what you do.
With tweezers you can only catch the flys that aren't expecting to be caught.
I heard some 'expert' on the radio today talking about Internet censorship, I forget his name. he said that 'Television and Radio are Censored, so it is only natural that the Internet would be censored as well'. This is based on the impression that the internet is a service much like radio or television.
The truth is that the benefit and the propularity of the Internet is because it is not a service like television or radio. It is more closely related to the telephone, but with a greater flexibility in the media that can be transferred. It is two way communication, and should be perhaps treated as such. There are a range of privacy laws designed to protect the individual while using the telephone. The telephone service is not censored in anyway. Why is the Internet suddenly beign treated like something other than what it is ? Did the presence of the screen confuse the 'experts'. To give these people a voice is like trusting the opinion of the white coat wearing extras from the ponds institute.
There are many ways that these kinds of filters can be avoided, in fact the people who this system is designed to inhibit are the ones who best understand how to avoid that service. Does the government honestly think that these people simply go to w3.childpron.com and download from there? Do they just join the "I'm a fan of altar boys" group on facebook ?
Why on earth do they employ those computer forensic experts to track down the"child porn rings" of criminals?
The truth is that the Internet is flexible enough to allow constantly evolving systems for the transfer of information that is not filterable. The many, many methods of obfuscation that the apparent target group can use to avoid detection make the implementation of a single point of filtration impractical.
Don't be fooled, running the Internet through a filter is only good for one thing. Allowing the tracking of use by common users. They want a more effective way of keeping track of what you do.
With tweezers you can only catch the flys that aren't expecting to be caught.
