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Don't text 'beer' in Korea: Words that trigger teen alerts

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Re: Don't text 'beer' in Korea: Words that trigger teen alerts

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Post by briandh »

ygmelnikova wrote: post #34
sooheon wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's infuriating to live in a country with such outstanding tech infrastructure to be shackled with these insane policies. Not to mention ActiveX and eight different plugin downloads for nearly any transaction, Spring/Java being considered the cutting edge in web development, and the downright Fascist porn restrictions (no I'm not bitter).

What kind of degenerate society likens the restriction of teenager's ability to view porn to Fascism?

"the downright Fascist porn restrictions (no I'm not bitter)" doesn't say anything about teenagers specifically.

Re: Don't text 'beer' in Korea: Words that trigger teen alerts

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Post by curiously »

pki wrote: post #12
sooheon wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's infuriating to live in a country with such outstanding tech infrastructure to be shackled with these insane policies. Not to mention ActiveX and eight different plugin downloads for nearly any transaction, Spring/Java being considered the cutting edge in web development, and the downright Fascist porn restrictions (no I'm not bitter).

Almost every Korean site tries to force feed some malware rootkit from ahnlab or nprotect, this is even more disturbing when you note that ahnlab's founder is apparently part of the Korean government now Though Korea did result in one of the funniest things I've ever seen: apparently a lot of Korean companies have a strong need to "hide their proprietary website's source code" by iframing their pages multiple layers…

Dr. Ahn even tried to run for president and likely to try again in the future.

Mention 'snowden' or 'privacy' and people won't bat an eye in Korea I bet. Pretty much same with most countries. People just don't seem to give a damn, the same old 'im not a criminal so I am okay with catching terrorists by spying and controlling the rest of the population'.

Re: Don't text 'beer' in Korea: Words that trigger teen alerts

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Post by curiously »

ygmelnikova wrote: post #34
sooheon wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's infuriating to live in a country with such outstanding tech infrastructure to be shackled with these insane policies. Not to mention ActiveX and eight different plugin downloads for nearly any transaction, Spring/Java being considered the cutting edge in web development, and the downright Fascist porn restrictions (no I'm not bitter).

What kind of degenerate society likens the restriction of teenager's ability to view porn to Fascism?

Confucius would've loved you

Re: Don't text 'beer' in Korea: Words that trigger teen alerts

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Post by curiously »

mg1982 wrote: post #19
jkot wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it North or South Korea?

It's important to remember that up until 60 years ago they weren't in any way separate from one another, and up until 20-30 years ago when the south's economy took off, there was little material difference between how the two countries were run.

night and day difference. It makes me cringe when people try to group them up together. If they were indeed similar and identical they should've produced the same result but it hasn't, one is a failed state and will forever be noted as an embarrassment to human race, the other a thriving developed country.

North Korea even had a head start by a far margin. Up until 1970s, North Korea was pretty much the better equipped, better fed, and stronger military force.

South Korea would not have survived had it not had military dictatorship guarding against North Korean aggression both externally and internally (lot of bitter South Koreans wanting communism).

Re: Don't text 'beer' in Korea: Words that trigger teen alerts

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Post by vacri »

ygmelnikova wrote: post #34
sooheon wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's infuriating to live in a country with such outstanding tech infrastructure to be shackled with these insane policies. Not to mention ActiveX and eight different plugin downloads for nearly any transaction, Spring/Java being considered the cutting edge in web development, and the downright Fascist porn restrictions (no I'm not bitter).

What kind of degenerate society likens the restriction of teenager's ability to view porn to Fascism?

Nice moving of the goalposts there. An authoritarian intrusion into private behaviour is an example of an activity done by a fascist state, hence the GP's adjective. But your comment converts that into the entire ideology of facism.

Also, nice job inserting 'teenagers' into a comment that made no mention of any age group.

Re: Don't text 'beer' in Korea: Words that trigger teen alerts

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Post by dluan »

suprgeek wrote: post #29

This is the digital equivalent of America's beer laws - you cannot drink till you are 21; but hey you can vote, get married, join the army (and drive a tank or handle nukes presumably) but NO DRINKING! Every single American college person I have talked to (almost without exception) talks about the non-stop binges they go on when they hit 21. Now the South Korean kids will go on Digital binges when they hit 18 - what…

This is funny, because before I turned 21, I just learned how to make my own beer. Was always a hoot at parties.

Re: Don't text 'beer' in Korea: Words that trigger teen alerts

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

sooheon wrote: post #9
pki wrote: post #6

>the country's telecoms regulator ordered monitoring applications be installed on the smartphones of Koreans aged 18 and below This is disgusting to read, in all seriousness. Not allowed to have a blog without linking it to their SSN, not allowed to play games without linking it to their SSN, all communications monitored, chat logged.. holy shit. Getting a mobile phone also requires one.. (and that's not even countin…

It's infuriating to live in a country with such outstanding tech infrastructure to be shackled with these insane policies. Not to mention ActiveX and eight different plugin downloads for nearly any transaction, Spring/Java being considered the cutting edge in web development, and the downright Fascist porn restrictions (no I'm not bitter).

Hey, at least you don't live in China....

Re: Don't text 'beer' in Korea: Words that trigger teen alerts

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Post by noobermin »

amyjess wrote: post #42
pki wrote: post #6

>the country's telecoms regulator ordered monitoring applications be installed on the smartphones of Koreans aged 18 and below This is disgusting to read, in all seriousness. Not allowed to have a blog without linking it to their SSN, not allowed to play games without linking it to their SSN, all communications monitored, chat logged.. holy shit. Getting a mobile phone also requires one.. (and that's not even countin…

On top of that, Korean Internet connections come with mandatory porn filters in order to protect the local prostitution industry. It's shameful.

Do you have a link for this? As crazy as the linked article is, I find this hard to believe about SK too.
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