UK porn bill: Throwing our privacy out with the bathwater
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Re: UK porn bill: Throwing our privacy out with the bathwater
#2In 30 years, this law will look as silly as the censorship of Clockwork Orange and the likes.
In the meantime, somebody will make money in VPN services.
Re: UK porn bill: Throwing our privacy out with the bathwater
#3The tech behind the UK filter is a steaming hot pile of S anyway.
oh sure it'll filter po.rnhub.con but reddit.com/r/nsfw nope. I suspect a horny 16 year old can figure that one out
Also...the whole "type your credit card number into this sketchy looking barebones site" tactic for verification just screams amateur hour
Re: UK porn bill: Throwing our privacy out with the bathwater
#4The tech behind the UK filter is a steaming hot pile of S anyway. oh sure it'll filter po.rnhub.con but reddit.com/r/nsfw nope. I suspect a horny 16 year old can figure that one out Also...the whole "type your credit card number into this sketchy looking barebones site" tactic for verification just screams amateur hour
> I suspect a horny 16 year old can figure that one out
To be fair, I think that's a really high bar. Never underestimate the ingenuity of horny teens.
Re: UK porn bill: Throwing our privacy out with the bathwater
#5The tech behind the UK filter is a steaming hot pile of S anyway. oh sure it'll filter po.rnhub.con but reddit.com/r/nsfw nope. I suspect a horny 16 year old can figure that one out Also...the whole "type your credit card number into this sketchy looking barebones site" tactic for verification just screams amateur hour
> I suspect a horny 16 year old can figure that one out To be fair, I think that's a really high bar. Never underestimate the ingenuity of horny teens.
Re: UK porn bill: Throwing our privacy out with the bathwater
#6In 30 years, this law will look as silly as the censorship of Clockwork Orange and the likes. In the meantime, somebody will make money in VPN services.
>In 30 years
More like in 30 seconds.
Re: UK porn bill: Throwing our privacy out with the bathwater
#7In 30 years, this law will look as silly as the censorship of Clockwork Orange and the likes. In the meantime, somebody will make money in VPN services.
The more sinister thing is that many ISPs seem to basically shadow ban VPN websites e.g. you don't even get a Christianity bait message like pr0n site or 4chan(...)
Re: UK porn bill: Throwing our privacy out with the bathwater
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I suspect a horny 16 year old can figure that one out To be fair, I think that's a really high bar. Never underestimate the ingenuity of horny teens.
https://dilbert.com/strip/1996-01-23 https://dilbert.com/strip/1996-01-24
Those who fail to learn from Dilbert are doomed to repeat it
Re: UK porn bill: Throwing our privacy out with the bathwater
#9In 30 years, this law will look as silly as the censorship of Clockwork Orange and the likes. In the meantime, somebody will make money in VPN services.
The more sinister thing is that many ISPs seem to basically shadow ban VPN websites e.g. you don't even get a Christianity bait message like pr0n site or 4chan(...)
I wonder what's the incentive there. I know ISPs in the UK have to block certain sites (involved in copyright infringement) but as far as I know no VPN services are included in there.
What do they gain by banning VPNs considering they already comply with the law by blocking direct access to forbidden websites?
Re: UK porn bill: Throwing our privacy out with the bathwater
#10Interesting that the article mentions GDPR, and then launches into behaviours that are forbidden by GDPR
> But how could it be cheaper? well here is where it starts to get interesting. The second professional could, for example, employ a cheaper way to get your ID sent to them, maybe it gets sent via a third party. Another way to cut costs is advertising, they could get your consent to use your drinking habits for marketing purposes. Now we can just replace “shopkeeper” with “online porn publisher”.