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  From: Robert Wuttke <robert.wuttke@disc.com.au>
  To  : Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org>
  Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 17:13:47 +0930

Re: Opinions on New Internet Bill (While I am still allowed to

True, I was just thinking how they might say something like "This filters
words such as sex, smut, porn, etc.." and then couldn't that be filtered by
maybe some over zealous competitor ???

Could be fun!
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org>
To: Robert Wuttke <robert.wuttke@disc.com.au>
Cc: glen@webmedia.com.au <glen@webmedia.com.au>; linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
<linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
Date: Thursday, 27 May 1999 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: Opinions on New Internet Bill (While I am still allowed to


>Robert Wuttke wrote:
>
> > Just a quick thought. Wouldn't onr filter software's web sites be
blocked by
> > another, because it would have to have examples of what is being blocked
or
> > text describing it, so maybe this whole thing will collapse in on itself
> > because no-one can actually get the filtering software to begin with
???????
>
>Filtering software doesn't tell you what it's blocking.  The blacklists
>that come with filtering programs are almost always encrypted.
>
>  -  mark
>
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>I tried an internal modem,                    newton@atdot.dotat.org
>     but it hurt when I walked.                          Mark Newton
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