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Can anyone in the UK verify this?

romanovcode 13y ago
Only new ISP clients have these filters enabled. Old clients have them disabled by default, for now. I doubt that you'll find someone who can confirm so easy.
- quantumpotato_ 13y ago
  Thanks. Blocking EFF/Linux/Amnesty is very disturbing.
- verandaguy 13y ago
  Would it then be possible for someone with a new Internet hookup in the UK to confirm/disconfirm this?
  - Pezmc 13y ago
    Can confirm this article as correct: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25430582 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25430582 Am able (on Sky) to access all the sites mentioned on this article. I do however, strongly disagree with the sentiment that this filter is "Just another attempt by the Tories to prevent people finding out information." It's not, it's just a very poorly implemented filter by the ISP's that can be 'hacked' with a simple proxy. We had to deal with this kind of filtering many years ago back at school, where even the word 'mobile' was filtered.
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thirdsight 13y ago
I have access to several machines on UK ISPs. Quick SSH and poke with links on each machine. 1. Easynet - all work fine. 2. Andrews & Arnold - all work fine (this is expected) 3. O2/Sky - all work fine 4. BT - all work fine All of these lines were provisioned before the porn filter was announced so... Edit: tested Amnesty, OpenBSD (which these machines are all running and would be a PITA for me) and linux.com
- quantumpotato_ 13y ago
  Gotcha. Thanks!
- GunlogAlm 13y ago
  What do you mean by "(this is expected)" with A&A?
  - thirdsight 13y ago
    A&A refuse customers who opt in to filtering. http://www.aa.net.uk/kb-broadband-realinternet.html http://www.aa.net.uk/kb-broadband-realinternet.html This is the correct solution to the problem.
DanBC 13y ago
This is not the new uk gov porn filter. It is an optional fter, like any other net nanny filter or any enterprise style filter. It's restrictive because that's what those kinds of filters do. It is purely optional, and supposedly granular so the user could just block search engines but nothing else. This is different to the proposed uk gov porn filter.

Only new ISP clients have these filters enabled. Old clients have them disabled by default, for now. I doubt that you'll find someone who can confirm so easy.

quantumpotato_ 13y ago
Thanks. Blocking EFF/Linux/Amnesty is very disturbing.
verandaguy 13y ago
Would it then be possible for someone with a new Internet hookup in the UK to confirm/disconfirm this?
- Pezmc 13y ago
  Can confirm this article as correct: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25430582 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25430582 Am able (on Sky) to access all the sites mentioned on this article. I do however, strongly disagree with the sentiment that this filter is "Just another attempt by the Tories to prevent people finding out information." It's not, it's just a very poorly implemented filter by the ISP's that can be 'hacked' with a simple proxy. We had to deal with this kind of filtering many years ago back at school, where even the word 'mobile' was filtered.
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thirdsight 13y ago

I have access to several machines on UK ISPs. Quick SSH and poke with links on each machine. 1. Easynet - all work fine. 2. Andrews & Arnold - all work fine (this is expected) 3. O2/Sky - all work fine 4. BT - all work fine All of these lines were provisioned before the porn filter was announced so... Edit: tested Amnesty, OpenBSD (which these machines are all running and would be a PITA for me) and linux.com

quantumpotato_ 13y ago
Gotcha. Thanks!
GunlogAlm 13y ago
What do you mean by "(this is expected)" with A&A?
- thirdsight 13y ago
  A&A refuse customers who opt in to filtering. http://www.aa.net.uk/kb-broadband-realinternet.html http://www.aa.net.uk/kb-broadband-realinternet.html This is the correct solution to the problem.

DanBC 13y ago

This is not the new uk gov porn filter. It is an optional fter, like any other net nanny filter or any enterprise style filter. It's restrictive because that's what those kinds of filters do. It is purely optional, and supposedly granular so the user could just block search engines but nothing else. This is different to the proposed uk gov porn filter.