D'oh
By glazou on Friday 20 March 2009, 07:28 - Mozilla - Permalink
So the Australian web ban list was revealed and I had the big surprise to see instantaneously a http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.apps.seamonkey/... URL !!! Ok, it was offensive content and was removed. But still ! Hey Australia, don't you feel a bit ridiculous with such a web ban list in a democracy ? I definitely agree with a fight against cybercrime and child pornography, but you're really following the wrong technical path here...
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Yes, we do think it's a bit ridiculous, which is why we're trying to stop it, but the minister keeps pushing on regardless. The leaking is just another step in showing the filtering won't work and will be counter-productive.
It is also surprising to see them block full URLs. Somebody should tell them that dynamic content is usually available under more than one URL - so slightly tweaking the address is already sufficient to circumvent the filter.
Yep, we find it ridiculous and offensive and some huge number of us (80%+ of people in a variety of surveys given by both left and right wing institutions) don't want it.
So it puzzles me as to what the minister's (and the government's) continued motivation is.