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Technology-related Idiocy

Every time a politician makes an idiotic statement about the Internet (or technology in general), I think of the pearls of wisdom contained in the Evil Overlord List: 12. One of my advisors will be an average five-year-old child. Any … Continue reading

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More Information on Australian Net Censorship Plans

The live-trial of the Australian government’s ISP-level Internet censorship scheme is due to start in a few weeks. BanThisURL has posted a nice analysis of the test framework, and a bit of background for those unfamiliar with it. My favourite … Continue reading

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Australian Internet Censorship Plans

Over the couple of days I’ve noticed a few articles referring to the Australian government’s plan for mandatory Internet filtering. Setting aside the technical limitations of the scheme, I don’t like the idea that the Australian government can decide what … Continue reading

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