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."

Comments

Re:84 million dollars?

[sumdumass]

Yes, I'm a loser. So what does that make these people who spend 84 million to stop their kids from "not listening" just to watch their kids defeat it and still "not listen" and brag about it on the interweb?

Good argument skippy. Maybe one day we will all have endless money so we can let our children grow up with no rules that they have to pay attention to.

Re:Motivated Youth

[glitch23]

I agree completely. And be sure to cut off the clitoris of any females in your household, we don't want them to accidentally enjoy sex while it is being done to them.

Hmmm, must be something in the water supply because it seems people on here can't distinguish between getting pleasure from porn by yourself and pleasure from sex with a spouse. I never said a person can't enjoy sex. The issue is about enjoying porn anyway but since you brought it up I'll respond by saying that sex is both for procreation and for pleasure but we shouldn't separate the pleasure from that and use sex solely for that reason. Of course, those who don't look at the bigger picture and just want pleasure will say that is a horrible idea and to that I say that if you can't even entertain the idea that sex shouldn't be used solely for pleasure then don't even bother joining in this conversation. Sex is not inherently a materialistic pleasure and thus is not included in my statement that we should teach children to not engage in materalistic pleasures. We treat sex as such but it is not one inherently. Of course, the people who make the porn movies are the epitomy of turning sex into merely a pleasure act. If you think about it, it wouldn't have been very wise of God to allow us to procreate but make it painful to do so. We wouldn't have survived very long.