Re: Challenge: break the technology (was: [Oz-ISP] Widespread support for Alston's Bill)

Greg Lehey (grog@lemis.com)
Wed, 19 May 1999 13:44:22 +0930

On Wednesday, 19 May 1999 at 12:02:29 +1000, Tony Barry wrote:
> At 09:05 AM 19/5/99, Greg Lehey wrote:
>> What might impress them (and the public at large) would
>> be a challenge in the press: you make it, we break it. Suggest a
>> public trial of the technology and demonstrate publicly how easy it is
>> to bypass.
>
> Hmmmm... "ISP shows how to access pornography in defience of new governmenr
> anti=porn law"
>
> would not be good wheras
>
> "14 year old says new anti-porn blocks easy to bypass"
>
> Might be a more interesting story.

Sure, we'd need to phrase it in a sensible, responsible manner ("we
are concerned about the issue, but we know how the criminals are going
to respond, so we'd rather show you than have them do it").

Greg

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