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A "serious security flaw" in Gmail turns Google's e-mail service into a spamming machine, according to a recent security report.
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Internet filters have undergone rigorous testing by Australian scientists, who have ranked them according to ease of use and effectiveness in an attempt to better inform the public of products in the marketplace.
Despite claims of "advanced proprietary technology," the search giant's opt-in porn filter proves no better than the primitive tools of the last decade, blocking many harmless sites.
Communications minister Stephen Conroy today announced the controversial web filtering blacklist will be scrapped and be replaced with a whitelist-based filtering regime, to be administered by viewer voting through a family-friendly digital TV-only show called 'The White List'.
Federal Government plans to introduce ISP-level filtering to provide a 'safer' internet experience for Australian families are likely to be met with significant resistance from within the ISP community.
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