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Originally Posted by davidb24v
Well I've been searching the BBC site for a while now but can't find what I thought I saw...
Specifically, I thought I saw an article from the ISPA rejecting any kind of monitoring from ISPs to prevent/detect kiddy porn (or terrorists) because they were "common carriers" (therefore innocent of what their customers do because they can't track it) and the technical difficulties and the costs were just way too much.
I was going to email ISPA to ask what their non-Phormed members might think about them losing their "common carrier" status as a result of a few ISP members trying to make a few quid. Well, in my (untrained and inexpert) opinion if you can read all your customers web traffic to make a few quid you can also spot kiddy fiddlers and report them to the authorities. The Phorm deal surely means that any participating ISP is not a "common carrier". They can't have it both ways, can they?
Dave
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is it this - i posted the link before (3048)
Anti file-sharing laws considered
"He said: "However, ISPs cannot monitor or record the type of information passed over their network. ISPs are no more able to inspect and filter every single packet passing across their network than the Post Office is able to open every envelope."
"ISPs deal with many more packets of data each day than postal services and data protection legislation actually prevents ISPs from looking at the content of the packets sent," he added. "
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7059881.stm