[AusNOG] Australian Censorship program to go ahead - Gillard supports a the great firewall

[Andrew Oskam]

I think I already know the answer and the response that will be 
received..but I'll say it anyways.

Let's say that I access a blacklisted website by bypassing the filter by 
whatever means.

As the filter is supposed to be my safeguard against this content - Does 
this mean that if the filter, in one way or another, is ineffective in 
protecting me that I am not capable or being held criminally accountable?

Further to this, If I choose to bypass the filter (which Conroy has 
indicated will not be considered an illegal activity) am I still free 
from being held criminally accountable?

I guess what I am trying to say is, Who is meant to be held accountable 
for viewing such content? How is the filter really meant to be 
considered a safeguard if they are not intending to police the full 
extend of its effectiveness.

As a citizen, I would think that if this holy grail of filters is meant 
to protect me - why is the government not prohibiting me from bypassing it?

And if I am caught viewing such content and pulled to the side my the 
AFP - Then I would say to them that I assumed that I would be free to 
view the content because they did not specifically say that I couldn't 
bypass the system.

To me (I'm going to use an analogy here), It seems as though the 
government is saying:

"Well good sir, I don't want you to eat this cookie - but if you decide 
to ignore me and break the padlock I won't say anything :)"

Food for thought?

Andrew Oskam

E  percy at th3interw3bs.net


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On 8/07/10 11:28 AM, Jacob Gardiner wrote:
> Another thing to keep in mind is the fact that this blacklist of websites, will not be kept secret.
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> I would assume that support staff and network operators at ISP's would have some sort of access to this list, which I have no doubt will be constantly leaked and updated.
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> Doesn't the govt. realise that this will actually be counter-productive to their argument? Instead of blocking websites, they'll in turn be publicly giving the rest of the world (and everybody who can get around the filter) an all you can eat buffet of websites containing child porn and restricted content.
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> This will without a doubt, cause a sudden increase in this type of material being distributed in the exact same way it is now - Online.
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