Australia's anti-smut internet filter blueprint lasts LESS THAN A DAY

Re: Hell, not again!

Does Tor work well for Streaming Videos. I gather it sucks for BitTorrent though...

Re: Hell, not again!

Tor? Are you sure?

Have you read this?

Re: Hell, not again!

I would agree with the Moral Campaigners, if they would agree that the Internet is NOT a safe haven for minors. If they cannot give "genuine consent" then one would think that sites who pander to kids, while making a buck profiling them being groomed with targeted ads, in the exact same fashion of "objectifaction" that all abusers share in common then, for "The Safety of the Kids", keep them off of what is most decididly an Adult Social Media (the entire Internet), where "genuine consent" may be safely assumed among adults. Then, if they MUST access the web, then it would be by using a parent's or responsible adult's account , to gain access and THEY would assume all responsibility for the welfare of the minor, not the General Public who couldn't give a rat's about 'em. Ric

whose local laws?

Those in the U.S. state of California?

Apparently parenting is hard

As a recent report pointed out that 4yo's where turning up to school in nappies as they had not been toilet trained.

Q: "Why the F*** is it SOOO G*dam*d hard for Parents to Parent there Children?

Keep the Computer in a place where you can monitor what your Kids are up to while on the Computer."

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A: It's possible, though surprisingly difficult, to monitor the computer use of your own children. Try, for example, watching the use a 5-year old is making of the computer whilst the 12-month old, who has just mastered crawling really quickly, is sampling the joys of "pulling himself up on the table where you've just put down the chillis in order to answer the door."

No, the real problem comes when they're old enough to go round to their friend's house without you being present all the time. Or even swapping information in the playground. At that point you're dependent not just on your own parenting skills and standards, but that of the parents of all the other children in the school. And it's not just the parents of the children to whom your children are talking / swapping pictures - it's the parents of the children that those children talk to.

Once they get to 10 years old, you have to start insisting on really strict, "who you may talk to" rules and sending them to religious academies where they'll get really unpleasant consequences for using naughty words or expressing unacceptable opinions. And THAT'S a cure worse than the disease.

Otherwise you have to opt for home schooling and social isolation and there are not that many parents - at least in the UK - who are prepared to go down that route.

Re: Quantum politics

I don't know Osamba did try to weasel out of his "Red Line" remark a Day or Two ago.

Stating that it was a "Red Line" that the "World" had set before he opened his Mouth. So lets not underestimate those weaselly Politicians just yet...

Re: Quantum politics

Just goes to show, it's the same people behind the scenes, it's just the puppets that change.

Fibre

I'm all for fast internet, but I also want the installation to be fast. 6 years I've sat and watched the progress of this NBN, and for 6 years of work, it's pretty pathetic.

At least with the coalition's stepped approach the rollout will speed up. And long term it could cost a little more to roll out, but it will be making money by then unlike Labors fibre still sitting in a warehouse.

Re: As has recently been achieved in the United Kingdom...

If you missed it then I missed it too but knowing this clown infested government anything is possible.

With regards to mobile networks blocking crap it is nothing but money gathering for them. I had a content lock on with Vodafone and the only way to remove it was to pay £1 to which hey say "but we give you £2 credit for that". The worst part of that is that my content lock somehow came back and even though they admitted it had been removed before the only option available was for me to pay the same £1 before being told once again, unhelpfully, that "we'll give you £2 credit". I left Vodafone at the end of the contract for other reasons but the fact that shit like that goes on made me want to avoid them in the future.

Re: "We will introduce nationally agreed default..."

Have you not been following the democratic process all these years. First there is a solution which places greater power in the hands of grubyment low lifes, usually at the behest of other low lifes who seek to profit. Then a demonstrable problem that impacts very few in any significant way is discovered followed by a national debate in which selected opposing views are publicised and ridiculed. Then there is a vote that almost no one can attend and finally a law brought in by people scared to be seen as soft on whatever the problem was or who would otherwise only be able to point to a record of complete non-achievement in their careers and would therefore have nothing to say in post retirement books or speaking circuits. The Westminster system at its finest, everyone has a voice but no one is listening.