Big Brother Watching Your Internet
A new draft regulation could have your Internet service provider watching your activities. In an attempt to do their part at minimizing zombie computer activity the new rules would have Internet cut off for those malware infected pc’s. So if you notice you’ve been cut off, perhaps it would be a good idea to scan for viruses. Thousands of home pc’s are infected without their users knowing about it and proceed to spam out ads about Viagra and other phishing tactics. On the one hand it attempts to police people’s computers for them. On the other is stepping into the boundaries of people’s homes and passing the responsibilities to the ISP. That’s a problem since very little exists in terms of ethics, procedures for those working for ISP’s. Who’s to say that employees of these service providers won’t take things into their own hands and prematurely cut off people’s Internet? One step closer to a totalitarian society.
Sign of the times
Everyone wants to be famous in one way or another. Whether you’re some redneck talking to a local news channel about the tornado that touched down in your trailer park or you’re that dumbass who walks in the background, everyone is trying to get on tv. Now becoming famous has become as simple as turning on your webcam. Is this the sign of the times? Are we that shallow of a species? Take for example the Chk chk boom girl. Appearing on a news interview about a reported shooting it turns out she made the whole thing up. Despite this, she turned out to be an Internet phenomenon. I guess it didn’t hurt that she was mildly pretty. Offers rolled in, and now what? It this all a little silly? What sort of message does this give to society? Perhaps we should stop watching tv and youtube videos and take a long hard look in the mirror. What have we become? Is this the sign of the times?
Internet to stay uncensored
The attempt by the government to censor all forms of the internet has failed thanks to Senator Nick Xenophon. He’s an independent senator who supports blocking online gambling sites, finally came to his senses and changed his support. The technology experts still question whether it’s even possible given the agenda of high speed broadband for all.
However, undeterred, the government still plans to pursue some form of filtering technology perhaps softening their stance on content. As well they will probably continue to ignore the advice of experts in the field. (link)
Download while you still can!
Are you prepared to have your Internet filtered in the coming year? Well you should download while you still can. The government plans on blocking peer to peer traffic as well. This means no more BiTorrent, no more Limewire, no more illegal ‘free’ downloads. This is just another step in the government’s plan to censor content regardless of format. This is exactly a step towards a dictatorship or communistic approach just like in China. Remember all the blocked sites fiasco during the Olympics? Let’s hope our ISP’s and EFF stand up for our rights. What happened to our democracy?
Filtering ISP’s: too ambitious?
Looks like Internet filtering is here to stay but is the government’s plan too ambitious? Do politicians even grasp the difficulty involved here? The media authority plans to maintain a massive blacklist of websites which Internet service providers will be responsible for filtering out. If were a simple issue of running some software then it would have been done already. IP addresses, DNS issues, underground service providers. Throw civil liberties out the window. How far are we to becoming a “Big Brother” state? Who will police the police? At what point did we give up our right to choice? Oh I forgot, we’re too dumb to decide what’s right for ourselves. We might as well let the government decide that for us.
