'Operation Game Over' will ban 2100 NY sex offenders from online gaming. Or not

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'Operation Game Over' will ban 2100 NY sex offenders from online gaming. Or not

Black_Knight_00

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Dec 20, 2012 5:31 am GMT
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2100-more-sex-offenders-banned-from-online-games-6401753
Intentions were good here: the New York administration has convinced several online gaming providers to permaban over 2000 registered sex offenders in the state of NY, the purpose is to make it harder for predators to access communities populated with kids.
The idea is good, but the procedure they'll follow is pretty damn stupid: registered sex offenders will be required to provide the law all their email addresses and also all the user names for the services adhering to the initiative, which in turn will be permanently banned from the servers. Do you see the fallacy here? The law is supposed to trust convicted offenders to hand over all their online identities without objection, but what keeps them from holding a couple email afresses back or registering a new one right after handing over the one they currently have, or even dig out an old address they haven't used in a while?
This reminds me of when as a kid my mother used to turn off my TV thinking it would also turn off the gaming console. All I had to do was pretend to be pissed, wait for her to leave the room, turn the TV back on and resume what I was doing.
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http://www.gamespot.com/news/2100-more-sex-offenders-banned-from-online-games-6401753
Intentions were good here: the New York administration has convinced several online gaming providers to permaban over 2000 registered sex offenders in the state of NY, the purpose is to make it harder for predators to access communities populated with kids.
The idea is good, but the procedure they'll follow is pretty damn stupid: registered sex offenders will be required to provide the law all their email addresses and also all the user names for the services adhering to the initiative, which in turn will be permanently banned from the servers. Do you see the fallacy here? The law is supposed to trust convicted offenders to hand over all their online identities without objection, but what keeps them from holding a couple email afresses back or registering a new one right after handing over the one they currently have, or even dig out an old address they haven't used in a while?
This reminds me of when as a kid my mother used to turn off my TV thinking it would also turn off the gaming console. All I had to do was pretend to be pissed, wait for her to leave the room, turn the TV back on and resume what I was doing.
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Justforvisit

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Dec 20, 2012 5:33 am GMT

Black_Knight_00 wrote:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2100-more-sex-offenders-banned-from-online-games-6401753
Intentions were good here: the New York administration has convinced several online gaming providers to permaban over 2000 registered sex offenders in the state of NY, the purpose is to make it harder for predators to access communities populated with kids.
The idea is good, but the procedure they'll follow is pretty damn stupid: registered sex offenders will be required to provide the law all their email addresses and also all the user names for the services adhering to the initiative, which in turn will be permanently banned from the servers. Do you see the fallacy here? The law is supposed to trust convicted offenders to hand over all their online identities without objection, but what keeps them from holding a couple email afresses back or registering a new one right after handing over the one they currently have, or even dig out an old address they haven't used in a while?
This reminds me of when as a kid my mother used to turn off my TV thinking it would also turn off the gaming console. All I had to do was pretend to be pissed, wait for her to leave the room, turn the TV back on and resume what I was doing.
Derp

I yet have to meet a government who really understands how the Internet works.
[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2100-more-sex-offenders-banned-from-online-games-6401753
Intentions were good here: the New York administration has convinced several online gaming providers to permaban over 2000 registered sex offenders in the state of NY, the purpose is to make it harder for predators to access communities populated with kids.
The idea is good, but the procedure they'll follow is pretty damn stupid: registered sex offenders will be required to provide the law all their email addresses and also all the user names for the services adhering to the initiative, which in turn will be permanently banned from the servers. Do you see the fallacy here? The law is supposed to trust convicted offenders to hand over all their online identities without objection, but what keeps them from holding a couple email afresses back or registering a new one right after handing over the one they currently have, or even dig out an old address they haven't used in a while?
This reminds me of when as a kid my mother used to turn off my TV thinking it would also turn off the gaming console. All I had to do was pretend to be pissed, wait for her to leave the room, turn the TV back on and resume what I was doing.
Derp
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I yet have to meet a government who really understands how the Internet works.
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Jackc8

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Dec 20, 2012 10:15 am GMT
Always amazes me how this stuff can go through a committee and get drafted into a bill, and throughout all that time no one once stood up and said "Ya know, you can just get a new email address in about 10 seconds..." Makes you wonder if the point is to actually do something or if they're perfectly satisfied just to look like they're doing something. In the re-election campaign, one guy can say "I stood up against sex offenders!" and everybody will say "YAY!!!" The other guy will be trying to explain the technicalities of what a farce this is - and everybody's eyes will just glaze over.
Always amazes me how this stuff can go through a committee and get drafted into a bill, and throughout all that time no one once stood up and said "Ya know, you can just get a new email address in about 10 seconds..." Makes you wonder if the point is to actually do something or if they're perfectly satisfied just to look like they're doing something. In the re-election campaign, one guy can say "I stood up against sex offenders!" and everybody will say "YAY!!!" The other guy will be trying to explain the technicalities of what a farce this is - and everybody's eyes will just glaze over.
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Saladin__7

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Dec 20, 2012 10:43 am GMT
What is stopping the New York administration from getting sex offender information from Microsoft and Valve, or Japanese companies with American stations like Sony and Nintendo?
Edited on Dec 20, 2012 10:43 am GMT
What is stopping the New York administration from getting sex offender information from Microsoft and Valve, or Japanese companies with American stations like Sony and Nintendo?
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