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Teh Interweb Tubes R In Ur House, Brakin Ur Filterz!!!!1!!!

29 Aug

Last week, the government of Australia released a filtering program with which its citizens could protect their precious children from the scourge of internet porn.

And then a 16 year old kid hacked the filter in half an hour.

Total cost to the Australian taxpayer for this software that was rendered useless in 30 minutes? 84 million dollars.

One might hope there’d be a lesson for the authors of CIPA in all this, but somehow, I doubt they’re listening.

2 Responses to “Teh Interweb Tubes R In Ur House, Brakin Ur Filterz!!!!1!!!”

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    Computer-Savvy Children Everywhere Says:

    Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

    Take that parents!

  2. 2
    Keith Says:

    There was also the 17 year old in New jersey who hacked the iPhone so it would work on other carriers. DRM isn’t a barrier, it’s a challenge.


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