19 December 2016

"Preinstalled ransomware"

That's the term that has been suggested regarding proposed legislation in South Carolina:
People buying computers in South Carolina would be limited in their access to porn online under newly proposed legislation.

A bill pre-filed this month by state Rep. Bill Chumley would require sellers to install digital blocking capabilities on computers and other devices that access the internet to prevent the viewing of obscene content...

Both sellers and buyers could get around the limitation, for a fee. The bill would fine manufacturers that sell a device without the blocking system, but they could opt out by paying $20 per device sold. Buyers could also verify their age and pay $20 to remove the filter...

2 comments:

  1. Or... They could just buy their computers in states without ridiculous restrictions...

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  2. Why the actual *insert obscenity of choice here* are we Americans so obsessed with inflicting impossible moral standards on others, while refusing to follow those same morals ourselves, in large part? And why are we so dead-set culturally on condemning sexuality, while tacitly accepting, and even rewarding hatred, bigotry, religious intolerance, racism, and other such general stupidity?

    Don't bother answering; it's the Wizard's First Rule again. People will believe any lie, because they want it to be true, or they're afraid it might be. People are stupid.

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