RAR

The only encrypted storage worth using if you're storing something illegal is the type that doesn't actually look like a file at all. if the plod have a warrant and they find an encrypted file, they can keep you in jail indefinitely until you give them the password. XKCD 538 applies in the real world. Encrypted RARs are ZIPs are just a red rag to a bull.

Of course, stuff like that also wouldn't be searchable on Google anyway, rather making it a mute point.

Today's summit on child internet safety was "hijacked" by MPs who "fundamentally misunderstood" the technology involved, a source has told PC Pro.
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The insider claimed that little progress was made toward developing practical solutions to child abuse. "The Home Office opened with some encouraging noises about international efforts, but generally speaking the politicians there fundamentally - or wilfully - misunderstand the technical and legal aspects."

MPs and ministers don’t want to get involved in the nitty-gritty of deciding whether Page 3 models, or the BNP website, or sites advocating gay relationships are suitable for eight-year-olds, because it’s a moral minefield. They’d much rather the ISPs did it instead, which is why they’ve been effectively blackmailing providers with the threat of statutory regulation (such as the Online Safety Bill) if they don’t switch on network-level filters themselves.

The ISPs mustn’t cave in. Let the government legislate. Let’s see what they really think we should and shouldn’t be allowed to see. It’s time we had a proper debate.

However, as always, I firmly believe that the responsibility with what children view on their computers/phones etc. is down the the parent. Don’t like your kid accessing porn on his mobile phone (this was a complaint by one of the other people on the Newsnight discussion)? Don’t give him a phone, or lock it down so they can’t access porn. Computers/tablets etc. to be used only in family living spaces - not bedrooms. It’s common sense - something that this debate seem to be incapable of embracing.

I do think that the government, or certainly some MP's want to be seen to be acting tough on this. The fact that parents are far more effective by doing the things that you suggest is irrelevant to them. They cannot berate the parents who are voters so better berate the ISP's instead.

Hmmm...

... so Google are going to build a database of child porn images and the technology to distribute that information...

... *raises eyebrow*

I was wondering how they will get round the "making copies and distributing" part of the law, when building a database. Surely they can only do that if requested by government officials or some law enforcement department? Otherwise, good intentions aside, they are breaking the law themselves.