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0 pointsprodmerc9y ago0 comments

They all are intent on crippling any chance the UK has at becoming stronger in high tech industries.

I'm so sick of getting "this is an adult resource and you can't view it" anytime I search for information about a drug (pharmaceutical, not just "weed LSD and lols").

Great fucking way to encourage your future chemists. Maybe ban keywords like JavaScript, PHP and SQL while at it, them's the powerful drugs maaan.

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OJFord9y ago

> I'm so sick of getting "this is an adult resource and you can't view it" anytime I search for information

Switch ISP, or contact your current one to disable this. They don't all do it by default, or at all.

jen209y ago

As far as I'm aware all new accounts in the U.K. do this unless you call to have it disabled (and give personal information). I mean, how else would you protect the children...

k-mcgrady9y ago

>> As far as I'm aware all new accounts in the U.K. do this unless you call to have it disabled (and give personal information).

Usually you can have it disabled while you sign up (and they usually ask if you want it). As for giving personal info - they're you're ISP. They have your name, address, billing details, have done a credit check...what else are they going to ask for that you haven't already supplied?

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IanCal9y ago

I think all mobile providers do, but the filters are not required on all ISPs, only the big 7 IIRC.

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bartread9y ago

Or use a VPN service.

DanBC9y ago

> "this is an adult resource and you can't view it"

Those filters, if they're ISP supplied, are optional. You can turn them off.

k-mcgrady9y ago

It's completely optional, turn it off. It also tends to only be mobile networks that do that kind of filtering by default, ISP's ask you when you sign up if you want 'parental controls' or not.

clort9y ago

Funnily enough, I just signed up to 3 mobile broadband last week, and I was pleasantly surprised that I didn't have to call and get it turned off (always have before)

JCDenton20529y ago

One word, my friend: VPN.

atmosx9y ago

> One word, my friend: VPN.

A VPN is a way to circumvent surveillance but make no mistake: We must press with all our power for legislation which guarantees privacy, all over the world. This is a battle that in the long run, we can't win with tech. We need to become more privacy-aware.

"Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one."

brokenmachine9y ago

+1. I agree with this.

With the current trend, how long until VPNs are made illegal? "For the children!"

noja9y ago

To circumvent bad policy like encryption... Use encryption?

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OJFord9y ago

> I'm so sick of getting "this is an adult resource and you can't view it" anytime I search for information

Switch ISP, or contact your current one to disable this. They don't all do it by default, or at all.

jen209y ago

As far as I'm aware all new accounts in the U.K. do this unless you call to have it disabled (and give personal information). I mean, how else would you protect the children...

k-mcgrady9y ago

>> As far as I'm aware all new accounts in the U.K. do this unless you call to have it disabled (and give personal information).

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IanCal9y ago

I think all mobile providers do, but the filters are not required on all ISPs, only the big 7 IIRC.

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bartread9y ago

Or use a VPN service.

DanBC9y ago

> "this is an adult resource and you can't view it"

Those filters, if they're ISP supplied, are optional. You can turn them off.

k-mcgrady9y ago

It's completely optional, turn it off. It also tends to only be mobile networks that do that kind of filtering by default, ISP's ask you when you sign up if you want 'parental controls' or not.

clort9y ago

Funnily enough, I just signed up to 3 mobile broadband last week, and I was pleasantly surprised that I didn't have to call and get it turned off (always have before)

JCDenton20529y ago

One word, my friend: VPN.

atmosx9y ago

> One word, my friend: VPN.

"Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one."

brokenmachine9y ago

+1. I agree with this.

With the current trend, how long until VPNs are made illegal? "For the children!"

noja9y ago

To circumvent bad policy like encryption... Use encryption?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse