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This raises so many questions, and it's wrong on so many levels. In
short - I am disappoint.<br>
<br>
I saw a similar article this morning and it was a facepalm moment. I
think it would be better to invest in some education, which would maybe
fix the root of the problem, rather than come up with these crazy
schemes.<br>
<br>
Andrew.<br>
<br>
On 6/22/2010 2:45 PM, Sean K. Finn wrote:
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style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: "inherit","serif"; color: black;">Australians
would
be unable to access the internet without having anti-virus and firewall
programs installed and a virus-free machine under a new plan put
forward by a
year-long parliamentary cyber-crime inquiry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: "inherit","serif"; color: black;">A
prominent
cyber-security consultant, Alastair MacGibbon, who is a former director
of the
AFP's Australian High Tech Crime Centre and eBay's former security
chief, has
called for the proposal to be taken a step further <b>by forcing ISPs
to
actively monitor the security of users' machines and block them from
connecting
if their browser, security and operating system software is not up to
standards.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-Sigh-<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Great, now we’re the babysitters for the nanny
states,
too.<o:p></o:p></p>
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