Oz Pirate Party Tells the Elderly How To Bypass the Net Filter

mask.of.sanity writes "When Exit International discovered it was earmarked for Australia's Internet filter blacklist, it wanted to ensure its members could access its pro-euthanasia material, but its members share an average age of 70 — not exactly from the tech generation. So Exit International turned to the filter-hating Pirate Party of Australia, which supplied a 'hacker' who taught a crowded room of grandmas and grandpas how to use proxies and advanced VPN tunnels to access Exit International's material — which the Australian government thinks breaches the moral compass of society. Computerworld has the presentation."

Comments

Re:What is Australia thinking?

[thijsh]

I find your ideas intriguing and would like to subscribe to your highlander.

Re:Is this even possible?

[Arancaytar]

Elderly firewalls?

Like, Norton 1.0?

Re:What is Australia thinking?

[TheLink]

Too bad, there can only be one subscriber.

Re:It sure feels odd

[Arancaytar]

Maybe he can license some filtering technology from China.

Re:It sure feels odd

[x2A]

You're obviously missing the point of what Australia's doing here. Their internet firewall is for blocking child pornography, this is what they said and this is what it was sold as. Obviously then blocking this website reduces child porn... I mean, with sufficient amounts of people taking up this option, it does mean that children will become a larger % of the population, which means they're even more of a target!!!

If you think people should be allowed access to information about getting "youth in asia" to old people in Australia, then you're a pedophile.

Re:It sure feels odd

[Trepidity]

In fact, it's such a heinous crime against the moral compass of society, it should probably carry the death penalty.

Re:Snappy title for The Great Barrier of Australia

[discord5]

Australia's censor system needs a snappy title too.

Since Australia was originally used as a penal colony, I would suggest "The Australian Packet Prison". It has a nice ring to it, and I'm sure some will be offended. To top it off, it works great for Australia bashing.

Re:What is Australia thinking?

[PopeRatzo]

As an Australian, I find it rather depressing that most Americans' "knowledge" of Australia is limited to that single Simpsons episode..

I'll have you know that I got my knowledge of Australia from The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

And a fine film it was.

Also, I've been to Outback Steak House on numerous occasions.