100% accurate.I assume that you were using either free WiFi or some other Internet service from within the room. It's not uncommon for firearm websites to be blocked by some sort of web filtering tool. Barracuda, Bluecoat, and other common web filtering applications typically block firearms related sites. I can't get to this site or any firearm manufacturer site from work. It's probably safe to assume that the web traffic from your room was routed through the company's headquarters, and that the company uses one of these web filtering applications. I bet a dollar to a donut that you would not have been able to access gambling, tasteless humor, or sex sites either.
I wouldn't read too far into it because most web filtering applications block access to firearms sites by default.
Thats a good question. I do not know how prevalent it is. I travel probably 30 times a year and I think I have run into it maybe twice. It does not happen at Marriott or Hilton properties or Starbucks or any free airport Wifi that I can remember.Seeing as this phenomenon of firearms censorship is so baffling to so many, and seeing how I imagine many companies could care less, are any RKBA orgs attempting to lobby companies like Barracuda to remove gun terms from their filters? There's nothing offensive about firearms, and so long as the intent isn't to keep employees from wasting time on gun forums evil there seems no logical reason for their blockage.
They're a private company with freedom to buy what they will and whatever, but I also don't see why customers should be comfortable with stuff like this; it's like censoring news sites with a certain political bent; unacceptable in this country*.
*A filter at work blocked DrudgeReport but not Huffpoo for the longest time, but has recently done the right thing and barred both from viewership
TCB
DeadMoneyDrew said:I wouldn't read too far into it because most web filtering applications block access to firearms sites by default.
Yes. But the person making this decision is so far removed from the manager it would not do any good. If you want to be heard send a formal letter to two different places at Corporate headquarters.I don't doubt that the facts of your post are correct, but I don't share your conclusion. Somebody makes these decisions (to block perfectly legal and legitimate sites by default), which amount to a (poor) value judgment. Worth a complaint to the manager, at the least.
Agalaska said:Yes. But the person making this decision is so far removed from the manager it would not do any good. If you want to be heard send a formal letter to two different places at Corporate headquarters.
I assume that you were using either free WiFi or some other Internet service from within the room. It's not uncommon for firearm websites to be blocked by some sort of web filtering tool. Barracuda, Bluecoat, and other common web filtering applications typically block firearms related sites. I can't get to this site or any firearm manufacturer site from work. It's probably safe to assume that the web traffic from your room was routed through the company's headquarters, and that the company uses one of these web filtering applications. I bet a dollar to a donut that you would not have been able to access gambling, tasteless humor, or sex sites either.
I wouldn't read too far into it because most web filtering applications block access to firearms sites by default.
THERE'S your problem.I was at a Hardee's