Content Issues

Some people claim that Java is insecure because it can show the user erotic pictures and play flatulent noises. By this standard the entire web is insecure. Java makes no determination of the content of an applet. Any such determination would require artificial intelligence and computers far more powerful than what we have today.
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Copyright 1997 Elliotte Rusty Harold
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