From: Alan Olsen <alano@teleport.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 95 16:34:28 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: ON OFF-TOPIC   [NOISE]
Message-ID: <199509082334.QAA16208@desiree.teleport.com>
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>Is there something authoritarians want, that we don't mind them having,
>for which crypto would be an enabling technology?  Some of them _might_
>be interested in having better encryption for TV channels so that kids
>can't watch a NotForKids channel (though many of them might rather ban
>it outright) or so they can easily control whether their kids get to
>watch MTV even though the V-Chip doesn't have a NoisyKidsMusic bit.
>Perhaps they'd enjoy having reputation systems available, so they can
>easily filter out politically incorrect material, or do a thumbs-down
>on things they disapprove of, or let the Baptists and Catholics and
>Anti-Baptists all have their own convenient ratings.

MTV has a pretty funny parody of the V-chip concept that they have run on
occasion.  They are advertising that kids should get the MTV-chip which
prevents parents from watching MTV while the kids are at school.  Their
slogan is "keep mind control at home where it belongs".

(I find it interesting that they have an anti-censorship stance, yet censor
many of their videos.  Kind of hypocritical...)

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