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Teen Hacks $84 Million Porn Filter in 30 Minutes
An anonymous reader writes "Tom Wood, a Year 10 Australian student has cracked the federal government's $84-million Internet porn filter in just 30 minutes. He can deactivate the filter in several clicks in such a way that the software's icon is not deleted which will make his parents believe the filter is still working. Tom says it is a matter of time before some computer-savvy kid puts the bypass on the Internet for others to use."
The header links to a ad-laden, news light article. Here's a link to a better story with a tad more facts: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22304224-421, 00.html
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22304224-421, 00.html
The summary: A 16 year old student wanted porn. He got it in 30 minutes. The government tried to fix the filter. The 16 year old student wanted more porn. He got more in 40 minutes. 16 year old says the porn filter is waste of money.
Sounds like he is just killing the process. That will leave a ghost system tray icon until you mouse over it.
You can just right click on the task bar to get to the task manager also, so clicking around works.
The solution is to run the filter as a system level service and deny users access to kill it (lots of services can do that).
Sounds like a shitty program for sure.
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