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Stupid law of the week: South Carolina wants anti-porno chips in PCs that cost $20 to disable

dan1980

@kain preacher

"Now first thing first how are they going to define porn[?]"

What? No, no, no - that's way down the list - if indeed it's even on the list. Actually, the last thing you want to do is go ahead and put any limits on what you can block.

Think of the technical details of how such a device would work and the logistics of who would be responsible for it and what that means for sales of devices across borders and what the cost of trying to enforce this - if all that is still up in the air, what makes anyone think such a triviality as what it will do is relevant?

No, the first and only concern is to be seen to be 'doing something'. Actually doing it is optional, let alone doing it successfully.

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