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China Plans Surveillance System for Internet Cafes
nasty writes "According to Interfax China, China will install a special surveillance system in order to prevent 'unhealthy information and websites'. All internet cafes in China will have installed the new system by the end of 2004. This according to China's Ministry of Culture (MOC). The system requires the customers personal information, such as name, age, and their national citizen identification number, before they are allowed to log onto the Internet." Reader Dr.Hair submits another blurb about the system.
See, here in America our government at least has respect enough for us to cover these types of things up, and not let them out in the news.
Pretty soon, nobody will be able to surf annonymously in China anywhere, not just the internet cafes.
How long before they start limiting access to only government created and maintained web sites?
They might as well block off the harbors and build another Great Wall to keep out the rest of the world...again
Unlike the american way which does almost the same thing but in a much more civilised and slowly built-up manner (with abit less of the in-your-face rules to begin with). American freedom is slowly getting smaller and smaller.
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Yeah... like China is any more free than America. We vote, someone wins - does our vote mean anything at the margin?... no, so as an individual we have no power selecting government. We just get hearded as 2 or 3 heards, in China the shepherd doesn't have to worry.
Such a lack of freedom exists in America too - do you think any and every communication is not monitored? Does what you say matter... not really, the communication path is logged, evidence doesn't matter when there is suspicion and assicoation, you can SSH all you like, but if you've ever emailed Bob and Bob's friend sets off a load of pipe bombs they will be on you, SSH or not.
You have no democratic power. You have no freedom from association. You merely have the ability to exist, do the best you can within your constraints, to herd with others. Same the world over. At least in China they have romanticism of freedom, we are just decieved.