Web Blocking Categories (Balance 380 FW 8.0.2)

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Below is a clip from our event log on a Balance 380 after upgrading from FW7 to FW8. I see all of these categories no longer have any content and have been removed. Are these coming back?

Feb 16 11:11:21 Web blocking: Activated
Feb 16 11:11:21 Web blocking: Category webtv has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:21 Web blocking: Category virusinfected has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:21 Web blocking: Category vacation has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:21 Web blocking: Category spyware has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:21 Web blocking: Category sports has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:21 Web blocking: Category sexualityeducation has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:21 Web blocking: Category ringtones has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:21 Web blocking: Category remote-control has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:21 Web blocking: Category radio has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:20 Web blocking: Category phishing has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:20 Web blocking: Category onlineauctions has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:20 Web blocking: Category news has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:20 Web blocking: Category naturism has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:20 Web blocking: Category manga has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:20 Web blocking: Category lingerie has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:20 Web blocking: Category kidstimewasting has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:20 Web blocking: Category jobsearch has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:20 Web blocking: Category hacking has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:20 Web blocking: Category entertainment has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:20 Web blocking: Category antispyware has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:20 Web blocking: Category alcohol has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:20 Web blocking: Category abortion has been obsoleted. DB does not contain any content for it.
Feb 16 11:11:10 Web blocking: Downloading category lists revision r20190411

This is the menu once updated, note all the crossed out categories

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These are the new options

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With firmware 8.0.0, we have obsoleted/merged certain content categories. Our new list consists of only categories that we find most useful for our customers. We have tried to make the transition from the older firmware to the new one as smooth as possible for our customers.
Please refer below for the changes :

    abortion                       Abortion | (Obsoleted)
    alcohol                        Alcohol  | (Provided by Contraband) 
 antispyware                   Anti-Spyware | (Obsoleted)
        chat                       Chatroom | (Obsoleted)
   ecommerce             Ecommerce/Shopping | (Obsoleted)
   entertainment              Entertainment | (Obsoleted)
     hacking                        Hacking | (Provided via Malware)
 instantmessaging         Instant Messaging | (Obsoleted)
   jobsearch          Job Search/Employment | (Obsoleted)
kidstimewasting           Kids Time Wasting | (Obsoleted)
    lingerie                       Lingerie | (Provided via Porn)
       manga           Manga/Anime/Webcomic | (Provided via Porn)
    naturism                         Nudity | (Provided via Porn)
        news                     News/Media | (Obsoleted)
onlineauctions                       Auctions | (Obsoleted)
    phishing                       Phishing | (Provided via Malware)
       radio                          Radio | (Provided by Audio-Video)
remote-control                Remote Access | (Obsoleted)
   ringtones                      Ringtones | (Obsoleted)
searchengines                Search Engines | (Obsoleted)  
 sexualityeducation     Sexuality Education | (Provided by Porn)
      sports                         Sports | (Obsoleted)
     spyware                        Spyware | (Provided via Malware)
  tobacco                           Tobacco | (Provided by Contraband) 
    vacation                       Vacation | (Obsoleted)
virusinfected                       Viruses | (Provided via Malware)
     weather                        Weather | (Obsoleted)
     webmail                        Webmail | (Obsoleted)
     webtv                            WebTV | (Provided by Audio-Video)
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