FOI Request Reveals UK Houses of Parliament Workers' Passion For Adult Content 61
Anita Hunt (lissnup) writes "Hot on the heels of Dave Cameron's demands to make such content universally 'opt-in,' the Independent reports 'Westminster computers were prevented from accessing sex sites 114,844 times last November alone and on 55,552 in April, while February saw just 15 and in June officials blocked 397 attempts.' No explanation has been offered for the variation, although it would be interesting to know if the fall in the number of recorded/reported attempts coincides with the date the FOI request was filed."
Bogus. (Score:4, Insightful)
Those figures look bogus.
One month has 114,000 accesses, another month just 15.
I'm suspicious of those figures.
Of course, I do still expect that they are a bunch of porn hounds.
Re:Whew! (Score:4, Insightful)
I hope it's not normal to browse porn sites at work. Ewww.
Possibly normal web filter catches. (Score:5, Insightful)
We have a no porn policy posted at work as part of the hostile work environment compliance. We have a corporate filter with a splash page providing warnings. Policy does acknowledge the occasional mis-directed web page, bad search result, ads for adult content or products. Even Slashdot provided some warning pages due to some troll links that are NSFW.
Even though I have never searched for Adult content at work, I get the splash several times a week. Sometimes several ads on an otherwise normal page have shrunken warning splash screens so based on counts alone, normal web activity including surfing Slashdot is good for several hits to several 10's of hits on a Adult or other restricted site link. Hacking is the other big reason I see the warning page, but the description given for the reason the site is blocked is for hacking. When I follow info following Defcon talks often provides prohibited advertisements or articles or "Hacking" websites.
If you are not on a corporate filter/proxy, then you may not realise how easy it is to add to these counters without even trying.