PC Companies Ask China to Ditch Filter
Computer companies are this week pleading with China to backtrack on its decision to mandate web filtering software.
The Wall Street Journal today reports seeing a letter signed by nineteen organizations and sent to China’s Minister of Industry Information and Technology. The companies who signed off on the letter say that the plan to have web filtering software installed on every computer sold in mainland China raises “significant questions of security privacy, system reliability, the free flow of information and user choice,” and urged the Chinese government to reconsider implementing the requirement.
The news comes following several recent developments. The Chinese government announced early this week that the software was not compulsory but would still ship with every computer sold. In other words, just because it’s on your computer when you get it, doesn’t mean you have to keep it the software.
Around the same time that China announced that no one would be forced to use Green Dam, a Santa Barbara-based company called Solid Oak alleged that parts of the software contained coding taken directly from Solid Oak’s own filtering software, Cybersitter, which is aimed at parents. Solid Oak has reportedly sent cease and desist orders to HP and Dell, blocking the two from shipping PCs with the software pre-installed.
Isn't this a complain?
You think the Chinese government will stop for this?
They imprison people of their own country for asking this kind of stuff,
don't think they give a damn for privacy and stuff.
The government wants to control and stop the free flow of information,
especially political issues like Tibet.
That's where most of the files about green dam go over by the way,
not the boehoehoe-we-pretend-to-care-about-porn-and-try-to-protect-you excuse. It's a pathetic excuse and no one should believe that.
I think the key is that you must make an issue public before people decide to look in to the situation. Chances are it won't solve the problem but hopefully more people become involved with the issue in an effort to try to take things in a better direction.
Any effort should never be disregarded as useless.
IE anything against the government/people in power. And God forbid they learn of this thing called "freedom."
'Democracy' is overrated... American democracy got them what they deserved for a president...
'Freedom' is overrated...
Whether or not you all realize it...
There are more important things than democracy.
A legit government is whats needed. A democracy can still be corrupt.