China Orders Patches to Planned Web Filter
Jun 17, 2009, 19:32 (2 Talkback[s])
[ Thanks to Cosmo
Lee for this link. ]
"The software, called Green Dam-Youth Escort, has come
under attack by many computer users in China for both political and
technical reasons. Critics say that although the Chinese government
insists that the software will be used only to block access to
pornography Web sites, the software's actual use will be to block
any site with content deemed politically objectionable, like the
Tibet issue or the 1989 Tiananmen killings.
"The government says all computers sold in China must have the
software installed by July 1.
"Some computer experts who have studied the software said last
week that it was so flawed that it could allow hackers to monitor a
user's Internet activity, steal personal data or plant
viruses."
After doing some digging, I'm pretty sure this is a Windows
program-- ed.
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