• Whitelist for wrongly-blocked sites
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Just how long would it take for them to whitelist EVERY site that's been wrongly censored?
This is stupid. They should use a blacklist if they insist on blocking sites.
[QUOTE=MasterFen006;43735172]Just how long would it take for them to whitelist EVERY site that's been wrongly censored?[/QUOTE] BT block all HTTP requests with "sex" in the name. including: "XerathMageChain[B]sEx[/B]tended.luaobj" So probably quite some time before they worked all of that out. [editline]31st January 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=DarKSunrise;43735360]This is stupid. They should use a blacklist if they insist on blocking sites.[/QUOTE] Its cheaper this way around, although I am not sure what made them think it was a good idea to deploy the system in its current state. Feels like the AVG government ICT work.
[quote]Getting systems in place now would help [b]later in the year as more and more web browsing becomes subject to filtering,[/b] he added.[/quote] Gee I wonder what they'll block next to protect the children.
[QUOTE=kaukassus;43736556]Gee I wonder what they'll block next to protect the children.[/QUOTE] They'll block everything related to child abuse and take down a ton of support sites
[QUOTE=kaukassus;43736556]Gee I wonder what they'll block next to protect the children.[/QUOTE] Sex education and information pertaining to obtaining contraception would be my bet.
I'd be seriously offended if I was a father and lived in the UK. Measures like these are the same as saying that you can't do your job as a parent well enough.
[QUOTE=MasterFen006;43735172]Just how long would it take for them to whitelist EVERY site that's been wrongly censored?[/QUOTE] Shift + Delete
Now if any of the unblocked websites will have inappropriate pages they will also have to add a blacklist to the blacklist's whitelist.
How about not blocking the internet period
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