Fitzy

Senator Conroy is proposing a very flawed system which will have limited and short term benefits. Obvious ways of defeating the filters will be VPN`s, P2P and encriptioning - and the methods will quickly evolve and multiply. As we all know, authorities always lag behind perpetrators and play catchup with technology crimes. The price we will all pay for a poor result will be slow speed - sorry, make that even slower speed, complacency among parents who think their kids are safe, and censorship to rival China, North Korea etc. An even more insideous form of censorship will come from governments controlled by religous groups. I dont care what religion people choose to follow, but I dont want any religous group dictating what I can or cannot see or read. Think this is fancifull? Well - are you aware of who some of the polititions are who control the balance of power in the Senate now? They are religous groups passing themselves as "family parties". I wonder what will be bargained off regarding which websites are to be filtered, to get these groups onside on other issues. Dont let this filtering occur. It is definitely a backward step.