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  Oz Pirate Party Tells the Elderly How To Bypass the Net Filter

  Posted: April 9th, 2010, 2:46am MDT by timothy

  mask.of.sanity writes "You're reading Slashdot. So it's fair to assume you're likely a nerd. A nerd who could traverse an Internet filter like side-stepping a puddle. But when Exit International discovered it was earmarked for Australia's Internet filter blacklist, it wanted to ensure its members could access its pro-euthanasia material. But its members share an average age of 70. Not exactly from the tech generation. So Exit International turned to the filter-hating Pirate Party of Australia which supplied a 'hacker,' who then taught a crowded room of grandmas and grandpas how to use proxies and advanced VPN tunnels to access Exit International's material — which the Australian government thinks breaches the moral compass of society. Computerworld has the presentation."

  

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