Clever Policing and "The Wyoming Toolkit" protect children

Part of the argument against the filter is that it will impede police in their investigations. It's not like a speed limit that the police can ignore with their lights and sirens on. Filtering will stop everyone from performing tasks on the net.

Imagine what this group could do if they had the millions that Conroy has wasted just on the trial. Howard threw $60 million at advertising the problem and only had a 5% download rate on his free PC-based (and affective) filter.

The Courier Mail article

FIFTEEN sexually abused Queensland children have been rescued since police started using new technology to track offenders.

The rescues, that occurred across the state, involved three pedophiles already engaged in the court process.

Police began using the Wyoming Toolkit software 12 months ago to identify peer-to-peer users dealing in obscene images.