Hi All,
I was wondering if we are overlooking corporations? What does corporate
australia (CA) gain or loose (monetarily ofcourse) from the filtering? Why
is there silence from CA? How about publishing/emphasising the
economic/monetary effects of the filtering on both corporates as well as
individuals (80% reduction and hence a much lower value for money being the
most obvious one)?
Cheers
Sri
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Mark Neely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Elias,
>
> This kind of approach is very rarely successful.
>
> There is not a single software-based Internet filter/blocker (e.g. NetNanny
> etc.) that has not been proven to be easily defeated by the very people
> (i.e. kids) they are designed to protect. That hasn't stopped various
> governments and education organisations from mandating their use.
>
> On the broader front, whenever there is a new security measure of any kind
> (e.g. airport security), there is always a couple of journalists who will
> develop a story about how they managed to defeat the new measures. It makes
> for a few days of sensationalist headlines, the relevant body says they will
> investigate, and then the issue just disappears.
>
> Also, demonstrating how a proposed security measure can be defeated can
> have negative consequences. First, it just hardens the position of those who
> advocate it. Second, it will demonstrate for some people why those very same
> measures are needed ('Gee, if a bunch of journos can smuggle a gun on board
> the plane for a joke, imagine what some highly-motivated, highly-trained
> terrorists could smuggle aboard! Maybe the government isn't doing enough!').
>
> Rather than demonstrate how the control measures would not work, a better
> form of demonstration would be to give people a very real taste of just how
> they *could* work. Demonstrate Search Engines with only limited results.
> Social networks with censored images and conversations. Educational
> resources that have large slabs of historic 'fact' removed because it goes
> against the official government views of the day. Blogs with no readers
> because the topic is not sanctioned. Artistic sites now blocked etc.
>
> Helping people to understand just how these measures would impact their
> daily lives, and encouraging them to make their concerns known to regulators
> and politicians, is the best way to ensure the government doesn't overstep
> the will of the community.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
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> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Elias Bizannes
> *Sent:* Sunday, 26 October 2008 11:14 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [SiliconBeach] Re: ISP filtering
>
> That's a brillaint idea Pat - showing how ineffective the controls would
> be, in a vocal way :)
> I've got some contacts in Iran and they could help us broadcast how these
> 'repressed' people get away with things. It would be a good way to compare
> the approach to an authoritarian government, whilst at the same time showing
> how ineffective they are.
>
> We could also put together short clips having people explain how easy it
> is to circumvent as well as working examples of exploitations of the holes.
>
> Whilst we can make this content targeted at the public to create awareness,
> I also (as I am sure others) got some labour hack mates, who can ensure that
> our work is distributed to the right people within the party. And certainly,
> I've got some Liberal hack mates who would love to get behind this for the
> sake of creating a wedge issue.
>
> Clearly, English doesn't work in the form of letters and e-mails that we
> have sent to these short-sighted, opportunistic, moronic arse-wipe
> politicians. Maybe it's time we try another tactic: flat out embaressment,
> with a touch of crowd sourcing and a tad of social media distribution. At
> worst, we have a laugh and let the public know our industry is alive and
> kicking.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
>
> >
>
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