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Government's new $84 million internet porn filter HACKED in minutes by kid

news.com.au — A MELBOURNE schoolboy has cracked the Federal Government's new $84 million internet porn filter in minutes. Tom Wood, 16, said it took him just over 30 minutes to bypass the Government's filter, released on Tuesday.

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  • mlerner, on 10/10/2007, -3/+316who spends 84 million on a pron filter?
  • Gagle, on 10/10/2007, -2/+293Nothing like pr0n as motivation !
  • Error601, on 10/10/2007, -3/+233So, killing a process is now "cracking".
  • Matt-lars, on 10/10/2007, -0/+151I love the little smirk on his face. It just screams "I did it!... now can you guys get out of my room?"
  • Lixie, on 10/10/2007, -1/+143Neither man nor beast can stand between a boy and his porn.
  • bitterg, on 10/10/2007, -4/+104Good on him, bad on Australia. Blocking Porn? Is there nothing else to worry about in Australia?
  • RedX117, on 10/10/2007, -5/+86Man... those guys just can't do anything right...
  • lex0429, on 10/10/2007, -1/+76after 30 minutes worth of work that must have been the best 37 seconds of his life
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+70killing a process isn't hacking.
  • carpespasm, on 10/10/2007, -1/+58it is when you spend 84 million bucks and can't come up with something that can't just be told to stop.
  • Bviper, on 10/10/2007, -3/+54I know the term "hacking" and "cracking" is thrown around all too much now adays. He either killed the process or is using some proxy or a combination and hes now an "uber leet hacker" by the media.
  • euphemizeme, on 10/10/2007, -5/+51It's the Australian government... you forgot you're only supposed to criticize the US gov't when something goes wrong.
  • thrallie, on 10/10/2007, -5/+44Wait..let me get this right...they are putting this filter over the entire countries ISP's? If so..look what government regulation gets you.
  • Insanekingkong, on 10/10/2007, -5/+44He will be seen as a hero.
    All the kids will be able to fwap it in school.
  • Puppetfunk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+39Fwap? That sounds painful. Fapping is much more pleasurable.
  • hambend, on 10/10/2007, -2/+36If you kill a process in windows, the taskbar icon doesn't disappear until you move the mouse over it. I assume that's all they're talking about.
  • Saad85, on 10/10/2007, -10/+43the same people who spend 25 trillion yearly fighting pot..


    and still fail horribly
  • Ajajadude, on 10/10/2007, -4/+34The feds?
  • oneiroi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+29This is why DRM and censoring technology is such a waste of time and money.

    People will crack it for fun (or in this case, for need).
  • Pixelpaws, on 10/10/2007, -3/+31From the article: "His technique ensures the software's toolbar icon is not deleted, leaving parents under the impression the filter is still working." Sounds like it's a bit more than simply terminating the process.
  • euphemizeme, on 10/10/2007, -5/+31LOL@ all the porn on the screens in the background... but buried for one being a CRT.
  • mminor, on 10/10/2007, -3/+29OH MY GOD GREATEST STORY I HAVE EVER HEARD YOU ARE SO COOL
  • chukd, on 10/10/2007, -0/+26What do you expect from a newspaper reporter? The majority of people in the world have no clue when it comes hacking/cracking.
  • BedPost, on 10/10/2007, -1/+25"I'm fairly sure that if they took all the porn off the Internet, there'd only be one website left and it would be called Bring Back The Porn." - Dr. Cox
  • Sil369, on 10/10/2007, -4/+27I had no clue the world had other governments.... I thought the US ran everything. XD
  • jkgm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20Wait... you carried a Windows CD around with you in high school?!
  • DoobieWheel, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19Australia dude
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+21The first rule of surfin pr0n-> be Anonymous
    now the entire schooling system knows abt the kid, the entire neighbor-hood knows abt him and worse part the G-men know abt him
  • newstart, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18You're like a stuck tape recorder playing Digg's history
  • Beakon2009, on 11/14/2009, -2/+19Porn is more or less the number one motivator for pushing technology forward..
  • 28dayslater, on 10/10/2007, -4/+21GO LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND CRY.
  • libertao, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17More like FOOLPROOF_84_MILLION_DOLLAR_PR0N_BLOCKER.EXE
  • avonwodahs, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18Is that porn on the back two computers?
  • Rapter09, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17"Governments new $84 million..."
    Pro-tip: Being a good parent is free.

    (in a manner of speaking, of course...)
  • tehpwnrate, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17Who spends ANY money on a pron filter?
  • Jeeum, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16You can say that again.
  • byrdgang, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16The kid's name is Tom Wood; no wonder he needed porn so urgently.
  • canthraxp, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16Process List
    DO_NOT_STOP_ME.exe
    (End Process)
  • kingvik, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15you went through all that just to play SC
  • mgarde, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16The Australian Government - You should see what they want to spend on hot water ($6.5 billion) http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22304166-601,00.html
  • GvnMcCld, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16It was probably more obvious, PORNFILTER.EXE
  • crushfan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1537 seconds? What do you think he is, a pornstar? Jeez.. Don't raise the expectations for the girls out there dude.
  • crushfan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13euphemizeme is right. I don't live in the States but even I blame/criticize the US government ALL the time for anything. Really. It makes me relax.
  • sabach, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13You're stupid, leave me alone with the computer for about 10 minutes and I can get admin.
  • psykiv, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Learn how to read. He bypassed some SCHOOL filters, not GOVERNMENT-WIDE HOME FILTERS filters. Just about every high school out there with internet access has a block on these websites. The Australian Government is not filtering our porn at home, just at school!
  • xXShadowstormXx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11This took place in Australia. You fail for not reading the article.
  • Garda, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12buried cos you're a wanker
  • Resolver, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11So wait, how did ending the process take him 30 minutes?!
  • lowerlogic, on 10/10/2007, -4/+14You must be new here
  • sabach, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10This stood out for me: "...cracking the software showed the need for compulsory filtering by Internet providers." No matter where you're from, the need here is for compulsory PARENTING by, you guessed it, parents.
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