$84M NetAlert Filter Cracked in 30 Minutes - DOH!

[The Straight Story]

$84M NetAlert Filter Cracked in 30 Minutes

August 27, 2007: The federal government’s $84 million NetAlert has been cracked during its first week of release by a Melbourne teenager, and done so in just over 30 minutes.

Tom Wood, a student at a private school in Melbourne, managed to circumvent the filter with minimal effort, and claims that any computer-savvy child could do the same.

"It's a horrible waste of money," Wood told News Ltd. newspapers. "They could get a much better filter for a few million dollars made here rather than paying overseas companies for an ineffective one."

Wood claims that his method does not involve removing the filter, and worse still its icons remain active giving the filter the appearance of being engaged when it is in fact disabled.

Communications Minister Helen Coonan said that the government was expecting ways to be found around the filter and that the issue is already under investigation.

http://www.idm.net.au/story.asp?id=8757

[krispos42]

1. Guess the kid should be making the filter

I'd bet he'd do a hell of a job for $84 million

[The Vinyl Ripper]

2. Anyone want to bet that the net alert filter's primary purpose

Was to filter *sex*?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. That's exactly what it's about.

The Howard gubmint is up the asses of the fundies in Oz.