BT implements porn blocking by default for all new customers

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What you should worry about more is what you post on forums (your views) and Facebook which is infinitely more interesting if the political environment changes.

I naturally assume that anything I post online will be read by the US, British and Chinese authorities anyway, so why should I worry more?
 
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Censorship gone mad. Are parents not capable of turning on their own porn filters? Here we have big daddy doing it for everyone by default, pathetic.

Of course they are, David Cameron just wants to rid us of any free thought and prevent us from (quite rightfully) rebelling and hanging him from a lamp post when he finally pushes us all too far.

Anyone who speaks out against their political regime is a terrorist or a radicalist...

He's simply pretending to be ignorant so he can have additional control over, what is already state controlled media. Scumbag.
 
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It's not their job to sensor the internet. If you don't want your kids viewing things online do it yourself. Parents are becoming lazy, irresponsible, entitled *****.

The fact I'd have to turn it off now when I eventually get BT Infinity is an annoyance, I'm not to bothered though.

The annoying thing is how much responsibility they are taking away from parents. Eventually being a parent is going to be such a menial task that EVERYONE will just be having them. People will become less responsible and start blaming everyone else for their children's issues.

"Oh no, my child watched some awful video on Facebook that had boobies in it."

192.168.0.1, Enter Password > Go to your routers built in security and start blocking stuff.

This isn't anything about it making us opt out. This is annoying because it's making parents dumb.

Do you have children?

I think this is a good move with many controls and not like some countries which require you having to provide details like a passport or proof of age before being unblocked. (See Ireland's mobile phone companies)

You even have some handy time sensitive features.

Also having something like net nanny isn't appropriate any more since the world is much more connected ipod, ipads, smartphones, smart tvs etc not to mention children borrowing friends gadgets unknown to parents.

This way at least you know your kid won't be googling porn on your network (he'll just hack your neighbours' :p ) but that's a different issue. ;)

And with lawyers now sueing people for streaming porn I'm sure some will be glad of these filters.



What would be even better is if it could also feature blocking youtube minecraft vids which my son seems to be addicted to and stupid annoying songs like what did the fox say :mad:

Also network routers are not the easiest to navigate and aren't built for easy porn blocking (least my netgear one isn't) I wouldn't know where to start nor can I really be bothered learning.
 
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Not sure what the issue is - I think its a good idea, but then again I've got kids so any extra protection for them is always welcome. Saves me $100 dollars a year for my OpenDNS subscription if it works.

If you want it removed, you login to your BT account and switch it off, easy.
 
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Imagine asking your wife if it would be ok to turn off the porn filter for an hour :p

A whole hour?? Five minutes should do it...

Of course they are, David Cameron just wants to rid us of any free thought and prevent us from (quite rightfully) rebelling and hanging him from a lamp post when he finally pushes us all too far.

Anyone who speaks out against their political regime is a terrorist or a radicalist...

He's simply pretending to be ignorant so he can have additional control over, what is already state controlled media. Scumbag.

I'm not sure if you live in an alternate reality...
 
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I'm not sure if you live in an alternate reality...
You seriously trust the man who wants to censor the internet?

Who wants to give millionaires tax breaks and penalise small business owners? Promoting market monopolisation and tax avoidance to boost his figures.

Who thinks it's ok to cap public sector pay at 1% then demand an 11% payrise?

Who has a stake in just about every mainstream media source in the UK?

Who allows a man who knows nothing about education, to decide how we educate the children of today?

Cutting nurses and medical support staff then hiring them back from a private company saving no money but resulting in them getting a huge cut in pay and job security?

Standards of living have fallen dramatically since the tories have come in, wages just drop and drop in real terms while everything gets more expensive and the job market becomes more competitive due to the desperation felt by people who are unable to pay their bills.

Governments have only to represent the interests of the people, the conservative party proves time and time again they have no regard for peoples interests.

I think having a centralised government is a bit like "which dung sandwich do you take a bite from" but hey, you might as well go for the least unpleasant option instead of sitting back and watching your freedom and your quality of life rapidly diminish.
 
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A whole hour?? Five minutes should do it...



I'm not sure if you live in an alternate reality...



What about the search time? :p

5 minutes wont give you enough time to search between the good and the bad.


Oh well, I guess its back to kids hovering around newsagents and steeling a copy of hustler off the top shelf :p
 
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I don't buy the slippery slope argument, there's no conspiracy here to control the Internet, it's just politicians trying to grab some votes by holding up the 'For the Children' (fake) banner.

It's too late to try to control the Internet in the Western World because once people get a taste of freedom, it's extremely difficult to convince them it's bad for them, even if it actually is bad for them (ie. the availability of guns in the US).
 
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Had the same problem with my phone, and I had to call up EE and ask them to turn on adult content.

They told me, "you do realise this will enable adult content?"

Would do the same at home if I had to.
 
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Surely everyone must be able to see the trends by now?

Governments and business worldwide are getting more controlling, corrupt and against peoples wishes and whats right, i can't say where it will end up but things look worse as time goes on, i think there will come a point where everyone has had enough.

Also if you think about it there's some areas where society seems a bit backwards, porn vs violence for example, one is happy to be shown on tv most of the day while the other is not, one is seen or said to be bad etc by society/system the other is not.

I think there's something wrong with society or the systems we have, im not sure whether it's by chance or design but i don't think the average person is the cause, it seems like things are being manipulated to be irrational and pathetic.
 
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porn filter now, next is political filter, then the process starts of becoming a Nazi country.

There are 4 countries in the world with a form of government internet filter: China, North Korea, Iran and now the UK.
 
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"Users can also personalise the filters to block access to sex-education sites and search engines" -- BBC


Why would you block sex EDUCATION!?
 
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Aaaaaaaand as if on cue, Bruce Schneier leaves the employ of BT.

Co-incidence? I think not!

Now he really is a man who can say "good luck im behind 7 proxy's" :D
 
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Sounds like they have already defeated you.

"The People should not fear the Government. The Government should fear the People."

No, I don't fear the government, as there is a choice in the matter here. You can opt back into the adult content.

As for the slipper slope argument, I see it as making a mountain out of a mole hill argument.
 
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