Use an IP Changer to get past Censorship

The Australian government recently just finished preliminary testing of a new Internet censoring software, that would limit access to limit age-appropriate content for users. They feel that a big problem today is that people are lying about their age online to get into age-restricted sites. Even games with violence or language in them will be blocked! Instead of bothering with teaching these kids not to do this or instating harsher laws, they just decided to restrict everyone from these sites.

This is previously unheard of, and privacy advocates are having quite a fit over it. It is one thing when an authoritarian nation like China or a turmoil stricken nation like Iran has these massive government censoring acts, but Australia is perfectly democratic and peaceful. Some worry it could be a catalyst for other democratic nations to follow suit.

Nine ISPs ran this trial censoring software on their users, but only those who opted in, and reportedly that was only a handful. Out of the people tested, feedback was positive. They say the system blocked everything it should have, and only a couple had minor complaints.

Although the people didn’t like the idea of censorship to begin with, the government really dropped the bomb when they say they would have no say in whether the software would be mandatory or not. They are not even sure whether the game software would be an opt out system or not!

Although the public and even the government themselves are representing some fear about this proposed Great Barrier Reef around their virtual shores, these filters and their supporters have enough support and new evidence of perfect functioning with the trials to possibly get this censoring software mandatory for all Australian citizens.

It will still take time though. The sample set was so small, no generalized results can be made quite yet. People still had trouble accessing sites that were completely legal and should not have been blocked. There is also the matter of making the age restrictions for everyone regardless of age or not. Many ISPs have spoken after refusing to run the trial and they don’t look like they will go down without a fight if the censoring software is legally required on everyone’s computers.

This is the perfect example of where a change IP proxy could come into play. When the government blocks these sites, you can still get around it; the system is definitely not infallible. An IP changer could allow you to enter the site you actually wish to visit. When you visit the change IP proxy’s site, you will see an address bar; type in the site you wish to go to and the proxy will act as a middle man and go and retrieve it for you. This way, in your browsing history all that would seen is the name of the proxy server over and over again. Also, with your IP address changed to the proxy’s, you would be safe from any Internet police the government would try and track you down with.

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