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Outrunning China's Web Cops

Posted by Zonk on from the watch-out-for-replicants dept.

conq writes "BusinessWeek has an interesting story on an outfit, DIT, that provides people in China access to censored sites. To do this, 'the company distributes software, called FreeGate, which disguises the sites a person visits. In addition, DIT sends out mass e-mails to Chinese Web surfers for clients such as VOA, which is banned in China. The e-mails include a handful of temporary Web addresses that host off-limits content and springboards to other forbidden sites.'"

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  1. So.. by taskforce · · Score: 5, Funny
    It's not Spam!

    It's FREEDOM MAIL!

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    1. Re:So.. by cp.tar · · Score: 2, Funny

      Freedom Mail?

      Is that yet another American translation of French Mail?

      Although I don't have the foggiest what exactly is French Mail supposed to be...

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    2. Re:So.. by Chuck+Chunder · · Score: 3, Funny

      A french letter, surely.

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  2. It's terrorisim by nate+nice · · Score: 3, Funny

    This clearly is terrorism and new laws must be enacted to prevent this from happening. The government needs more "tools" to monitor people and help keep them safe. These radicals who's only purpose is to destroy the great Chinese empire need to be rounded up, questioned and put to death. They are "cowards" and don't wear a uniform to a sovereign state. They refuse to work within their countries political systems, thus making them criminals.

    It is imperative China protects its interests, especially against nondescript criminals who could strike at any time from anywhere. China has rights to protect itself and hopefully they deploy troops to the suspected countries of these people if their governments cannot or won't cooperate.

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  3. way to go freedom by Tachikoma · · Score: 2, Funny

    they might start arresting people, but they can't arrest them all!!!

    oh wait it's china...

    Gov. Press Relase: General Population? What general population? We never had one, honest.
    NOTHING TO SEE HERE
    MOVE ALONG. NOTHING HAPPEND.

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  4. Re:Memo to Bill Xia from North Carolina by MightyYar · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of all the reasons not to be a freedom fighter... I'm not sure that's a big one.

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  5. Re:Memo to Bill Xia from North Carolina by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "I can see several chinese cities becoming transport hubs along the lines of Singapore or LAX before long. You don't want to have to spend the rest of your life avoiding places like that."

    Sir, you have clearly never been to L.A.!

  6. Re:Communism vs. Spamming by Savantissimo · · Score: 2, Funny

    ummm.... Finland? 8-}
    [ducks]

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