From the monthly archives:

April 2009

The Daily Show Now Unavailable Online in Australia

29 April 2009

Today, The Daily Show website joins a long list of innovative online content services, such as Hulu and Pandora Internet Radio, that are unavailable to Australian residents. The frustration is ineffable. At least we have Foxtel.com.au, where you can watch ads for Foxtel 24-hours-a-day.

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Exetel Trials Filtering with No Ability to Opt-Out

28 April 2009

Around noon yesterday, Steve Waddington of Exetel announced that Exetel would run its own filtering trial, independently of the Government-run trial. The kicker? There is no ability to opt-out of the trial.

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Classification Board Website Finally Back Online

24 April 2009

On 26 March 2009, the Classification Board website was hacked, and the text on the homepage was replaced. Today, nearly a full month after the site was hacked, an overhauled version of the site is finally back online.

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Why ACMA Probably Won’t Fine You $11,000 a Day

20 April 2009

After ACMA threatened Whirlpool’s host with an $11,000 per day fine if it failed to remove a link to a blacklisted anti-abortion website, some people expressed concern that they’d receive surprise fines. To explain why this isn’t the case, I provide a detailed look at the regulation of Australian-hosted prohibited content.

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Why It’s Legal to View Prohibited Content

2 April 2009

‘Prohibited content’ suggests content that is illegal to view or possess. In fact, it is a legislative term that includes all content classified RC or X 18+ and some content classified R 18+ and MA 15+. I have a detailed look at the regulation by ACMA of overseas-hosted prohibited content.

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Force CommSec to Use HTTPS with NoScript

2 April 2009

I previously wrote about how CommSec uses a non-SSL frameset to deliver sensitive financial data. It turns out that you can use the NoScript add-on for Firefox to force CommSec to use HTTPS.

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