vusak

The proposed mandatory filtering scheme is actually dangerous for children, because the first person who works out how to crack/break the system will make the method public on any number of internet forums/blogs.This will occur within minutes of the mandatory filtering scheme being deployed. Subsequently even non-tech savvy kids will have access to instructions on how to bypass the filter, if they dont know to actually find the information themselves, someone at their school will probably mention it and they will then learn about how to bypass it. So then a child has unfiltered access to the deepest darkest corners of the internet and their parent(s) will be lead to believe the mandatory filter is protecting their child. The best way to protect our children is to provide software and education to parents who want it. A parent who understands the internet will have a much better ability to govern their child's access, while software can be provided to prevent 'accidental' access.