Software designed to prevent access to
rude or
perverse content.
Some censoware products work by keeping a list of all websites containing such information and
blocking them. Websense does this. It's a tough brief. Imagine trying to keep up to date with all the
internet pr0n. (Maybe some of you don't have to imagine).
Another aproach is to remove or replace rude words from text, sometimes used to censor
emails. This has hilarious results: discussions about the English seaside resort of
Scunthorpe, or the county of Essex become difficult. The BBC used to do this to all emails going through its
servers. It neatly converted this message:
"Matsushita held a cocktail party at their swanky new skyscraper
in Scunthorpe on Saturday. I bumped into Dick Feltcher, whose
haircut was a little shaggy. He'd accumulated quite a pile of
buttered scones. The subject of blow-jobs never came up, however.
What a chump"
Into:
"Matsua held a tail party at their sy new skyser
in Shorpe on Saay. I ped into Dick Feltcher, whose
haircut was a little gy. He'd aculated quite a pile of
ered scones. The subject of blow-jobs never came up, however.
What a p"