IP: SmartFilter's Greatest Evils - censorware & privacy/anonymity

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 03:16:12 -0500 (EST)
> From: Seth Finkelstein <sethf () sethf com>
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
>
> Available at   http://sethf.com/anticensorware/smartfilter/greatestevils.php
>
> SmartFilter's Greatest Evils
>
> An anticensorware investigation by Seth Finkelstein
>
> Abstract: This paper examines what the censorware product SmartFilter
> considered to be the worst websites, as measured by the number of categories
> under which the site was blacklisted. It was discovered that two broad
> classes of websites were maximally blacklisted. These were privacy/anonymity
> service sites, and language-translation services. In retrospect, this is in
> fact an obvious requirement of censorware, as any private or anonymous
> browsing ability is antithetical to the goal of control in censorware.
>
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> Seth Finkelstein  Consulting Programmer  sethf () sethf com  http://sethf.com



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