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In Australia, Censorship vs. DNS, and Porn As Network Driver

Posted by timothy on from the ok-you're-going-to-need-2-jiggers-of-porn dept.

daria42 writes "Remember how Australia's planning to censor its Internet? Well, it looks as though the country's second-largest ISP, Optus, has made a stumble right out of the gate. Optus today confirmed you could circumvent its filtering technology simply by setting your PC to use a different DNS server than the default. Yup, it's really that easy. Oops." And why would anyone want to change their DNS settings? angry tapir writes "While the Australian Government has extolled the virtues of its currently under construction National Broadband Network (NBN) in delivering e-health and government agency services to every Australian, adult content will be the major driver of consumer adoption."

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  1. Is that really a surprise by king+neckbeard · · Score: 3, Funny

    Everyone knows that the internet is for porn

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    This is my signature. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
  2. In the words of Men At Work. by Lord_of_the_nerf · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I come from a land Down Under,
    Where laws don't work and politicians blunder."