No so long ago commenting about the take down of FitWatch, I observed that it’s the normal response of ISPs to pull the plug at the slightest trouble and that the more sensible thing to do was to host in a different country. In the commetns over at LegIron’s he recommended the sagacity of a mirror site. However now I see via ISPS enforce age verification for looking at porn for the children of course. Whilst only an adjournment debate it maybe (as El Reg observes) an indicator of likely future support for such ideas. Of course to enforce age verification for porn, the ISPs are going to have to monitor where all of your internet traffic is going and match it against a list of porn sites and if they’re doing that and making logs well the police might find that handy for tracking down other untoward access.
BigBrother watch has more on the story but is it any wonder that a recent poll found that many people consider Government meddling the biggest danger to the internet?
*For those that don’t known Nominet is the not for profit company that controls all “.uk” domain names.
