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Subject: <nettime> just twiddle the right bit in a filter system and you get...
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 16:01:39 -0400
From: t byfield <tbyfield@panix.com>
To: nettime-l@Desk.nl

: THE NET NYMPH
:
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: other useless information.
:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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[this kind of thing was suggested a few years ago by tim
may on the cypherpunks list after some regulators came
up with the brilliant idea--maybe it was called 'Child-
Watch' or somesuch--of mandatory age-flags for *users*,
e.g., 'under 18,' 'female,' etc. he pointed out the ease
with which such a 'protective' system could be co-opted
'by pedophiles' as a way to *find* (for example) little
girls on the net--hence the name he gave this bit-flipped
system: 'LolitaWatch.' cheers, t]

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