British government porn filters block EFF, Linux, Amnesty and more
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Re: British government porn filters block EFF, Linux, Amnesty and more
#2Can anyone in the UK verify this?
Re: British government porn filters block EFF, Linux, Amnesty and more
#3Can anyone in the UK verify this?
Only new ISP clients have these filters enabled. Old clients have them disabled by default, for now.
I doubt that you'll find someone who can confirm so easy.
Re: British government porn filters block EFF, Linux, Amnesty and more
#4Can anyone in the UK verify this?
I have access to several machines on UK ISPs. Quick SSH and poke with links on each machine.
1. Easynet - all work fine.
2. Andrews & Arnold - all work fine (this is expected)
3. O2/Sky - all work fine
4. BT - all work fine
All of these lines were provisioned before the porn filter was announced so...
Edit: tested Amnesty, OpenBSD (which these machines are all running and would be a PITA for me) and linux.com
Re: British government porn filters block EFF, Linux, Amnesty and more
#5Re: British government porn filters block EFF, Linux, Amnesty and more
#6Can anyone in the UK verify this?
I have access to several machines on UK ISPs. Quick SSH and poke with links on each machine. 1. Easynet - all work fine. 2. Andrews & Arnold - all work fine (this is expected) 3. O2/Sky - all work fine 4. BT - all work fine All of these lines were provisioned before the porn filter was announced so... Edit: tested Amnesty, OpenBSD (which these machines are all running and would be a PITA for me) and linux.com
Gotcha. Thanks!
Re: British government porn filters block EFF, Linux, Amnesty and more
#7Can anyone in the UK verify this?
Only new ISP clients have these filters enabled. Old clients have them disabled by default, for now. I doubt that you'll find someone who can confirm so easy.
Would it then be possible for someone with a new Internet hookup in the UK to confirm/disconfirm this?
Re: British government porn filters block EFF, Linux, Amnesty and more
#8This has already been extensively discussed here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6979023 (144 points, 71 comments)
Re: British government porn filters block EFF, Linux, Amnesty and more
#9This has already been extensively discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6979023 (144 points, 71 comments)
And, to summarize the single most important point made there:
No, this is not the UK government's "porn filter", because (1) no such thing actually exists yet and (2) this isn't the same sort of thing as that would be if it did exist -- it's one ISP's opt-in whitelist offered to people who want a way to keep their children "safe".
(I am not defending such whitelists, by the way. But even if there is some day a Great UK Adult Content Filter, this is not what it will be.)
Re: British government porn filters block EFF, Linux, Amnesty and more
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Only new ISP clients have these filters enabled. Old clients have them disabled by default, for now. I doubt that you'll find someone who can confirm so easy.
Would it then be possible for someone with a new Internet hookup in the UK to confirm/disconfirm this?
Can confirm this article as correct: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25430582
Am able (on Sky) to access all the sites mentioned on this article.
I do however, strongly disagree with the sentiment that this filter is "Just another attempt by the Tories to prevent people finding out information." It's not, it's just a very poorly implemented filter by the ISP's that can be 'hacked' with a simple proxy.
We had to deal with this kind of filtering many years ago back at school, where even the word 'mobile' was filtered.