Conroy's pushing ahead despite the test not really going all that well if you read the actual results of the report. Score another one for the nanny nation, the christian lobby, and parents who won't take responsibility for watching their kids themselves.
Australia Confirms Censorship Plans, Tells Fibs On The Filtering Trial
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...Some highlights: the biggest decrease in speed is reported to be 44.15%, with other ISP's reporting speed cuts in various tests of 36.45% and 27.2%....
www.inquisitr.com/52298/australia-confirms-censorship-plans-tells-fibs-on-the-filtering-trial/
Not pretty. With what they are saying I cam imagine this site might get filtered out.
Meh - They can't ban proxy sites, because those are not on the RC list.... (ahem). Proxy's are the norm now in China, it'll be the same here....
I feel that it's nothing to do with Child Pr0n/Christian lobby groups etc - they're just the excuse to put to the media... No government ever, has had their citizen's moral interests at heart.
What this filter solves is iinet's point in their court case - ISP's are (currently) not the Internet Police. The filter makes ISP's the Internet police... which in turn means... the ability for Music/film industry to force ISP's to catch film/music downloaders, as the ISP's now have the ability and legal requirements to collect the data required.
So, all in all - use a proxy and nothing changes... Just an extra setting when you get a new computer...
For the complete stoopids (er.. me in particular) please explain the concept of a proxy and what it means to avoid filtering etc?
This is going to kill the gaming industry in Australia.Online gaming requires low latency (the time for the data to go back and forth between you gaming console/pc).The latency with the filter will make online gaming unplayable.
Shame CONroy.
Kill the fastest growing industry in Oz before it really gets started.
What a gip.
This is just one of the reasons why we should be standing up against these self important morons.There are many many others
Who are they to tell me what i can and can't look at or read.Next they'll be burning books and making women cover their faces.
Makes my blood boil......
WAKE UP AUSTRALIA!!!!
STOP THE FILTER
PROTECT YOUR FREEDOMS BEFORE THEY ARE LOST FOREVER
THESE SELF RIGHTOUS MORONS ARE TRYING TO TAKE THEM AWAY PIECE BY PIECE
DONT" LET THEM!!!
Hey Getfunky,
A proxy is like a tunnel that you go through to get your data. The reason that using one can get around internet filters is that all the filter sees is that you're requesting lots of data from the one place... but in actual fact you're using that place to do your surfing for you.
Here's an example: proxify.com/
Say you use this proxy to go to www.reallybadsite.com, and look at lots of really bad images, all the filter will know is that you visit proxify.com a lot of the time.
Regarding this bill, it's typical of politicians with little technical knowledge but lots of power. There will ALWAYS be ways for the bad people to get around the filters, all this will do is hamper the good guys who are using the net for normal surfing.
What really scares me is that this will be the thin end of the wedge, it wouldn't surprise me if the government wants our internet to end up like China's. Who could seriously want something like this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_the_People's_Republic_of_China
Net filtering gives the people in control the sort of power that Hitler could only dream about... truly a scary proposition.
I've always had problems with micro management. And this proposal just goes to show how retarded and out of touch the people are who have got power in this country.
Haven't we've got far worse problems in this country than the odd kid accessing porn on the internet?
I liked it much better when we were told to think we were the clever country.
Even better... call him up
There's nothing like a personal phone call to get the message across. Call the minister's office on (03) 9650 1188 and let them know your objections.
Join the scallywags in ere mateys...http://stephenconroy.com.au/news.php
...and send ye old message to Cap'n Conroy
[email protected]
I agree limiting Kids access to certain sites on the net or certain things on the net should be implemented
However what joe bloggs in No.7 decides for his family may be different for Single sean in No.10.
Why should single sean have to have the same restrictions as Joe Bloggs.
Internet censorship begins and ends at home.
If your savvy enough to have the internet and have little people around install your own filter.
You can buy one for $40 - a carton of beer - www.netnanny.com:443/
Alternativly put your computer in a central location where the family hangs out so you can monitor what your kids are doing.
I'm not a parent or anything but if I were I certainly wouldn't be letting them anywhere near the internet peroid. If my hypothetical children completely HAD to use the internet, wouldn't the obvious solution be to use a net nanny (or whatever you call them)? They will do just as good of a job as this global filter will.
FormulaNova, your point is valid but there are already measures you can take out there to restrict your children from accessing these sort of websites as I've said.
The censorship is completely unnecessary and unfortunately a huge step backwards for Australia :(
Google isn't too happy with the proposal:
www.abc.net.au/news/2009-12-16/computer-says-no-google-slams-filter/1180770
Conroy plans speed humps for Australia's freeways
In an ambitious plan to protect Australia's children, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has announced plans to install speed humps every 100 metres on all Australian freeways.
After a 12 month trial of speed humps in several suburban back streets, Senator Conroy says he is confident that placing speed humps on every Australian freeway will reduce accidents by 100 percent with a "negligible" impact on traffic congestion and travel times.
"Australia's roads are a dangerous place for children, so the Rudd government is doing everything it can to protect people," says Senator Conroy. "A vocal minority of drivers may object to the plan, but the moral majority can see that it's the right thing to do. Anyone who objects to the mandatory speed hump plan obviously hates children".
Senator Conroy also released a traffic management report which appears to support his claims of reducing accidents by 100 percent with a "negligible" impact on traffic congestion. Unfortunately the report was only conducted in suburban back streets. The report concedes that once mandatory speed humps are applied to 100 kph freeways, one in five accidents will still occur. The report also concedes that dangerous drivers who are most likely to speed will easily find ways around the speed humps.
The wording of the mandatory speed hump plan leaves scope for it to be expanded beyond the freeways, although there are few details available. Senator Conroy claims the plan will only be applied to areas which have been "refused classification". Supporters of the speed hump plan have already called for it to be expanded to include roads outside casinos, gay bars, adult book stores and some medical clinics.
Traffic management specialists, transport groups, car manufacturers, road builders and motoring associations have all condemned the mandatory speed hump plan as flawed, unworkable, easily bypassed, politically motivated and open to abuse.
Senator Conroy's heart may be in the right place, but he clearly has "no understanding of how roads work," says Australian Motoring Association spokeswoman Shirley Knott.
"The mandatory speed hump plan will strangle the road network for the entire country, while doing little to stop people who are doing the wrong thing. Rather than waste millions of dollars on a project that will cripple our transport system while not actually achieving its goals, we recommend the government listen to the traffic management specialists and invest the money in education campaigns and better policing," says Ms Knott.
"Of more concern than traffic jams is that the mandatory speed hump plan is veiled in secrecy and open to abuse. Who is to say how future governments may manipulate traffic management to block off streets that it doesn't want the public to see? An open and transparent road system is a cornerstone of democracy, and we don't want to see Australia sliding down the slippery slope towards a police state where the government controls everywhere we go and everything we see."
For more details of opposition to the mandatory speed hump plan, visit nocleanfeed.com.
I shudder to think what would happen if my kids saw some of the crap I've seen on the internet....
I just did a thesis on this and posted 4 videos recently, The videos were no porn but were viewable to a open audience without a classification rating from the website u tube.
One video in particular was a young child getting hit in the head with an out of control airbourne bowling ball, yes very disturbing...
The titled clip was called "WHY YOU DON'T JUGGLE BOWLING BALLS"
The response that was given back in the way of feedback was not positive.
U tube (an example) is owned by Google although there is filtering for children (crap)
Stated that it does not want to take responsibility for internet censorship.
If anyone viewed that series of videos that was recently posted they would support internet censorship.
They would also understand why the government is try toi clean this up.
I dont think that the online gaming comunity will suffer as the ports used with be non filtered.
proxy servers have been used by online gamers for a long time. people who continually get ip banned from online servers just simply click on "CHANGE IDENTITY"
to rejoin.
By clicking this you relay a false ip address via the proxy server You can choose which counrty and ip address you want to use as a relay.
