[48033] in Cypherpunks
Re: "This post is G-Rated"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Frantz)
Thu Jan 25 17:10:06 1996
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 13:58:47 -0800
To: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May), cypherpunks@toad.com
From: frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)
... Discussion of rating systems elided.
Does anyone have suggestions for achieving the goals of the V-Chip with
many non-govermental rating agencies? It seems to me that empowering
parents would head off the TV/Internet censors. Any parent who was
interested in acting as a censor for their children's TV/Internet would be
happy to pay an extra $20 or so for the technical means to achieve that
goal. The big problem is how are the labels attached to the programs. I
agree with Tim that it is probably imposible for individual Usenet
postings. However is should be possible for TV programs, and whole
newsgroups.
BTW - I think that such hardware/software is a wonderful way train hackers.
Most of the teenagers I know, know more about their home electronics than
their parents do. And the teenagers RTFM.
Bill
