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Tool To Allow ISPs To Scan Every File You Transmit

Posted by timothy on from the in-case-they-run-out-of-human-tools dept.

timdogg writes "Brilliant Digital Entertainment, an Australian software company, has grabbed the attention of the NY attorney general's office with a tool they have designed that can scan every file that passes between an ISP and its customers. The tool can 'check every file passing through an Internet provider's network — every image, every movie, every document attached to an e-mail or found in a Web search — to see if it matches a list of illegal images.' As with the removal of the alt.binary newgroups, this is being promoted under the guise of preventing child porn. The privacy implications of this tool are staggering."

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  1. Re:Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    would consume allot of power

    "Allot" of power?

    Is that like a "murder" of crows? Or a "flange" of baboons? A "sault" of lions? A "smack" of jellyfish? A "warren" of wambats?

    Seriously, there are "a lot" of "collective nouns," but "allot" is a new one on me.

  2. Re:Starts with porn... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    ISO is a filesystem file you dumbass.

  3. get to the root of the problem by ladydi89 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why not just prosecute the hell out of child molesters that are caught? What a novel concept. If we start executing these sickos I bet we would see a HUGE reduction in child porn without the phenominal costs to ISPs and users for a "solution" that will be easily defeated if you know what you are doing. But what am I saying? I don't need freedom and rights - that's way over rated. Search my bytes.

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    Thou shalt not use tools thou does not understand, lest they rise up and smite thee
  4. Re:Probably just for P2P by buggerybox · · Score: 0, Troll

    Rubbish