ya know this does sound like an april fools joke (esp. the part about encouraging the photographer to enter into counseling.) but while working for aol i remember companies trying to sell me on the concept of 'anti-porn' pic filtering software. it worked by looking for a high percentage of flesh tones in a pic. if the pic hit the min. level of flesh tone we could block it from proxy servers, or filter it from kid view, etc. worked essentially like the satellite image processing software used to locate certain types of flora or pollution, etc. none of it was quick enough or reliable enough to work properly (not sure about the current state of the art though). phillip -----Original Message----- From: owner-cypherpunks@Algebra.COM [mailto:owner-cypherpunks@Algebra.COM]On Behalf Of Ray Dillinger Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 5:18 PM To: Declan McCullagh Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net; fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu Subject: Re: DOJ steps up child porn fight, plan regulates digital cameras This is an April Fool, right? Even if the tech existed, it would require substantial processing power and there's no way they could get it into cameras by... um, by April First ... Bear "Remember, Remember The fifth of november The gunpowder Treason and Plot. I see no reason The gunpowder treason should ever be forgot..." Rhyme taught to twenty-second century british children, just before detonating the charge under an effigy of a "Parliament Building"... --Time traveler's guide to seasonal celebrations. On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:
I note the mainstream media is picking up on this story: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/8/18028.html
-Declan