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Australian whizkid cracks $84 million internet porn filter
The Australian federal government doesn’t know where to hide its face. No, it has nothing do with the Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef episode.
Tom Wood, a 10th standard student in a private school in Melbourne, has cracked a new internet porn filter it had introduced nationwide amidst a lot of fanfare.
The filters are supposedly designed to stop access to sites on a national blacklist, bar use of chat rooms, and can be tailored by parents to stop access to sites.
The 16-year-old boy says it took him just over 30 minutes to bypass the filter, released on Tuesday. Just a few clicks should do, the whiz kid said as he demonstrated to reporters of Herald Sun.
His technique ensures the software's toolbar icon is not deleted, leaving parents under the impression the filter is still working.
A former cyber bullying victim, Tom feared a computer-savvy child could work out the bypass and put it on the Internet for others to use.
The filter exercise, the government says, cost it around $84 million.
Tom felt the government should have developed a better Australian made filter.
"It's a horrible waste of money," he said.
"They could get a much better filter for a few million dollars made here rather than paying overseas companies for an ineffective one."
In response to the Herald Sun's inquiries, the Government added an Australian designed filter, Integard, to the website yesterday, which Tom cracked within 40 minutes.
Tom Wood, a 10th standard student in a private school in Melbourne, has cracked a new internet porn filter it had introduced nationwide amidst a lot of fanfare.
The filters are supposedly designed to stop access to sites on a national blacklist, bar use of chat rooms, and can be tailored by parents to stop access to sites.
The 16-year-old boy says it took him just over 30 minutes to bypass the filter, released on Tuesday. Just a few clicks should do, the whiz kid said as he demonstrated to reporters of Herald Sun.
His technique ensures the software's toolbar icon is not deleted, leaving parents under the impression the filter is still working.
A former cyber bullying victim, Tom feared a computer-savvy child could work out the bypass and put it on the Internet for others to use.
The filter exercise, the government says, cost it around $84 million.
Tom felt the government should have developed a better Australian made filter.
"It's a horrible waste of money," he said.
"They could get a much better filter for a few million dollars made here rather than paying overseas companies for an ineffective one."
In response to the Herald Sun's inquiries, the Government added an Australian designed filter, Integard, to the website yesterday, which Tom cracked within 40 minutes.
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