List,
With sites like this appearing everywhere: http://www.dontfilterme.com*and http://nocleanfeed.com/

Just trying to get a general opinion with what everyone thinks of the filtering situation in Australia. Whether you believe its a good thing or a bad thing or you don't really care. I'm writing a letter to an Australian MP (Member of Parliament) and I want to get some actual opinions of what other systems administrators think of the internet filter, even if they are not in Australia. Not only at a technical aspect but at an opinion aspect as well.*

Either reply on list or pm me. I just want to get a general idea.*
Thanks,
Ryan.

On Tue, 6 Jul 2010, Ryan Halloway wrote:


Just trying to get a general opinion with what everyone thinks of the
filtering situation in Australia. Whether you believe its a good thing or a
bad thing or you don't really care. I'm writing a letter to an Australian MP
(Member of Parliament) and I want to get some actual opinions of what other
systems administrators think of the internet filter, even if they are not in
Australia. Not only at a technical aspect but at an opinion aspect as well.

Either reply on list or pm me. I just want to get a general idea.


I'm vehemently opposed to the filter. It will effect how I vote.

Rob (the Aussie expat sysadmin)

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> Either reply on list or pm me. I just want to get a general idea.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Australia

Everyone with a technical mindset about the issue is opposed to it. The
ACL[0] I believe is the main body pushing for the filter.

--julian

0 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Australia


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List,
With sites like this appearing everywhere: http://www.dontfilterme.com and http://nocleanfeed.com/

Just trying to get a general opinion with what everyone thinks of the filtering situation in Australia. Whether you believe its a good thing or a bad thing or you don't really care. I'm writing a letter to an Australian MP (Member of Parliament) and I want to get some actual opinions of what other systems administrators think of the internet filter, even if they are not in Australia. Not only at a technical aspect but at an opinion aspect as well.*

I tried to email this around before, but I didn't get enough of a response.
Either reply on list or pm me. I just want to get a general idea.*
Thanks,

On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Ryan Halloway <ryan.halloway@gmail.com> wrote:
> List,
> With sites like this appearing everywhere: http://www.dontfilterme.com and
> http://nocleanfeed.com/
> Just trying to get a general opinion with what everyone thinks of the
> filtering situation in Australia. Whether you believe its a good thing or a
> bad thing or you don't really care. I'm writing a letter to an Australian MP
> (Member of Parliament) and I want to get some actual opinions of what other
> systems administrators think of the internet filter, even if they are not in
> Australia. Not only at a technical aspect but at an opinion aspect as well.
> I tried to email this around before, but I didn't get enough of a response.
> Either reply on list or pm me. I just want to get a general idea.
> Thanks,
>

You did ask for a general opinion. Perhaps you wanted something more
than generalities? Do you want opinions on why this filtering is a
good thing, a bad thing, a waste of money and effort, or something
else too?

Just my random input,


Scott.


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On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Ryan Halloway <ryan.halloway@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just trying to get a general opinion with what everyone thinks of the
> filtering situation in Australia. Whether you believe its a good thing or a
> bad thing or you don't really care. I'm writing a letter to an Australian MP
> (Member of Parliament) and I want to get some actual opinions of what other
> systems administrators think of the internet filter, even if they are not in
> Australia. Not only at a technical aspect but at an opinion aspect as well.
> I tried to email this around before, but I didn't get enough of a response.
> Either reply on list or pm me. I just want to get a general idea.

I'm against any sort of governmental interference in Internet usage,
especially when it comes to censorship.

Just like it's not an car salesman's job to tell you to not drive in
the swamp and your phone company's job to tell you to not call
Nigeria, it's not your ISP's job to filter your travels through the
Internet. What you seek out on the Internet should be all on you. If
you don't want your children to find things online that you consider
"bad", then it's up to you do deal with it. If you don't want your
spouse to seek out "bad" things online, get a different spouse.
*shrug*

IMO,
Dusty


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On Mon, 2 Aug 2010, Ryan Halloway wrote:


Either reply on list or pm me. I just want to get a general idea.


Hi Ryan. This came up on a Debian list only a couple of weeks ago.

I'm Australian and here are my thoughts:

* I oppose the filter from a civil liberties standpoint. A common
rallying cry for supporting the filter is "think of the children".


I am thinking of the children as I don't them growing up in a world where
the govt can keep secrets lists of what the public are allowed to see.


* I oppose it from a technical point of view. It will be trivial to
circumvent and yet may well slow end-user Internet access.


Cheers,

Rob

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