 Originally Posted by Tricky
Yep, aside from the file sharing issue the UK papers have also got their knickers in a twist over porn on the internet as well, especially the Daily Mail, and are leading a campaign to try and ban all access to it from every computer and smart phone in the land to try and stop kids seeing it. Now I totally agree that kids shouldnt be seeing it, but should that not be the responsibilty of parents to control and monitor what their kids are viewing, rather than an outright ban for responsible adults?
I think the Daily Mail got a bit carried away with it, YouGov asked:
Some people think that customers should have to choose to have their internet service filtered (an opt-in service), other people think that internet services should all be filtered unless customers ask for their service to be unfiltered (an opt-out service)
Opt-in (someone's internet service should only be filtered if they ask for it) 57% in support
Opt-out (people's internet service should be filtered unless they ask for it not to be) 36% in support
Don't know 8%
Apparently two thirds do back blocking, but only when users ask for it themselves (which makes sense, otherwise it's just censorship). However I'd imagine those proposing any legislation would rather see opt-in, because you know they watch porn online too, haha ... they wouldn't want to block their own access! 
Better education for parents is the key - I remember back when I was in high school you had 11 year olds working their way around the security software and putting porn on the entire network - beating a 50+ year old IT teacher, and indeed beating the company that put the network in place originally, haha! More efficient and more resilient software is required to be used by those in charge (teachers/parents). It's simple really - it's the same thing with videogames, you've got Keith-fucking-Vaz mouthing off again about Call of Duty in the press (claiming that Anders Breivik used "Modern Warfare" ... erm, which MW, Vaz? ... as a training tool and therefore it's to blame  ), and you've got many parents that just don't know about videogame ratings (unbelievable really seeing as they, until this summer anyway, have BBFC ratings on them that are no different to movies ... however in a couple of months they're going over to PEGI exclusively, and apparently there'll be a campaign to try and educate parents).
I do recall how I was bought games like Carmageddon, and Duke Nukem 3D by my folks - they knew full-well they were rated 18, but they also knew I was watching certain 18 rated movies and the content of the games didn't seem to be all that different from some of the movies I was watching at the time (Aliens, Terminator, The Fly ... flicks like that).
So if parents really are concerned, then they have to educate themselves - but clearly there is a bit of a gap that's still being filled - by which I mean, computers have just always been for kids today, but not necessarily for their parents. However in a few years time, almost all parents will be computer savvy ... relatively speaking anyway ... there's a bunch of people using computers that have no clue how to secure them properly, but the gap should shrink at least.
As in all things, education is the key.
Sliding a bit off topic technically, but thought I'd just go off on a tangent with what you were saying Trickster. 
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