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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=left><SPAN
class=759192104-01072010><FONT color=#0000ff>My attempt at a political argument
that appeals to the non technical, and distils all the various complex
arguments in to one simple but salient point. - <U>It put's children at
risk!</U></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=left><SPAN
class=759192104-01072010><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=left><SPAN
class=759192104-01072010><FONT color=#0000ff>Of course if failed to illicit a
response from a man who by putting both Facebook and Google
offside has, in my opinion seriously impaired the AFP's chances
of apprehending the very criminals he claims he wants to
stop. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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class=759192104-01072010><FONT color=#0000ff>
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</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=right><SPAN
class=759192104-01072010><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff size=3>10
May 2010 </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN class=759192104-01072010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#0000ff size=3>Senator Stephen Conroy</FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#0000ff size=3>Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital
Economy </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#0000ff size=3>Level 4, 4 Treasury Place </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#0000ff size=3>Melbourne Vic 3002 </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff size=3></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff size=3>Dear Senator,</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Back
in December I </SPAN><A
title=http://www.zdnet.com.au/an-open-letter-to-stephen-conroy-339300074.htm
href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/an-open-letter-to-stephen-conroy-339300074.htm"
target=_blank><SPAN
title="http://www.zdnet.com.au/an-open-letter-to-stephen-conroy-339300074.htm
http://www.zdnet.com.au/an-open-letter-to-stephen-conroy-339300074.htm
CTRL + Click to follow link"
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">wrote to
you </SPAN></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">detailing
a number of concerns about your Internet filtering
proposal. Dishearteningly the response I received from your
office was a template of political waffle which completely
failed to address my concerns or the questions I raised.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Given
the level of misinformation, waffle and spin it is little wonder that the
division between those in support of your filter and those opposed to it seems
to be drawn between those who understand the technology (and it's shortcomings),
and those who 'don't really care as long as the children are safe'.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">In
my experience, the latter are typically swayed by the simple fact that for
me outweighs every other technical, political, ideological, financial and even
diplomatic reason why your proposal is flawed, that being that <B>Your
proposal puts our children at increased risk.</B></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Let
me explain.....</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">I
believe it is a fair assumption that the key aims of your
filter should be to protect children and to both impede/catch
criminals, so let's examine how filtering technologies fare in achieving those
aims.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Protecting
Children:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">
Whilst I concede that a technical solution can stop children from accidentally
stumbling upon 'RC material' assuming it is on your list in the first place, it
cannot protect children from the real dangers such as grooming by paedophiles
over social networking sites. Also a level of complacency amongst parents is the
most likely outcome of your continual spin about the effectiveness of this
technology.<SPAN> </SPAN>It's very clear that if you want to protect
children from the real risks, then this money is far better spent upon education
both for the children and their parents and on policing, and <A
title="http://www.zdnet.com.au/children-s-liberties-groups-protest-filter-339297339.htm
http://www.zdnet.com.au/children-s-liberties-groups-protest-filter-339297339.htm
CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/children-s-liberties-groups-protest-filter-339297339.htm"
target=_blank>I am not alone in this sentiment</A>.<SPAN>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Impeding/Catching
Criminals: </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">I
choose the word 'impede' here rather than 'stopping' because that is all any
technical solution can ever achieve.<SPAN> </SPAN>As proposed, the filter
can only stop attempts to access websites on the list from direct access via a
web browser, it cannot address the many other mediums of transport that many
criminals currently use, and as you yourself have stated it is trivial to
circumvent for a 'tech savvy user' (though let us be completely open and honest
here and explain to the public that by 'tech savvy' user we are referring to a
user capable of using Google to find <A
title="http://www.wikihow.com/Bypass-a-Firewall-or-Internet-Filter
http://www.wikihow.com/Bypass-a-Firewall-or-Internet-Filter
CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.wikihow.com/Bypass-a-Firewall-or-Internet-Filter"
target=_blank>one of the many idiots guides</A>).<SPAN> </SPAN>Alarmingly
the introduction of a technical solution undoubtedly adds to the difficulties
faced by authorities both in Australia and overseas, by encouraging criminals to
not only make use of the many free existing encryption and <A
title=http://www.torproject.org/ href="http://www.torproject.org/"
target=_blank>anonymization</A> technologies but possibly even to develop and
add to them.<SPAN> </SPAN>Also because of the massively broad scope of the
material under the RC banner this nefarious traffic will<SPAN> </SPAN>be
further obscured by the influx of people employing the very same technologies to
circumvent these filters for much less serious or ideological
motives, further dashing our hopes of catching serious
criminals.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Every cent
of tax payers money you spend on the <SPAN
class=759192104-01072010> marketing, </SPAN>design, acquisition,
installation, administration, maintenance and support of these costly but
largely impotent technologies, represents time and money that will not
go towards policing or education, two things that will actually make a
difference here. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></SPAN></P>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">So for
the sake of the children, I urge you to reconsider this
irresponsible filter proposal before it steals another
cent from the worthwhile and proven means of combating this
problem.</SPAN></DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">
<DIV class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Regards</DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT
face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR>Eric Pinkerton</DIV>
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