Outrunning China's Web Cops

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.'"

Comments

Re:Mass mailings can be easily abused.

[AKAImBatman]

So while you opted in, that is true, there's no guarantee that you still won't received unsolicited commercial email.

The same could be said of thousands of mailing lists, news mailings, job lists, and other mass mailings that people want to receive. I see no real reason for your fatalistic attitude toward this, especially given the measures that VOA has to take each day to ensure that their emails continue to penetrate the Chinese firewall.

Re:Communism vs. Spamming

[poopdeville]

That was never my point. Moreover, it is factually incorrect to state that communism is or was designed to work as a political ideology for states. It is an anarchistic movement. Indeed, there are many 'libertarian communists' who subscribe to the ideal of maximizing interpersonal freedom while maintaining strict communal living. In essense, making sure that everyone has their needs met and can actually enjoy it.

Re:-1: Moral relativism

[queenb**ch]

The biggest problem with American voters is that the dufuses in Florida couldn't use their bingo blotters to mark the ballot. We've never really elected a present anyway. There's this thing called the electorial college and they're the ones who really pick the president. We thought all you folks overseas knew that.

Besides, if we suck so bad, how come all the people from everywhere else keep coming here?

2 cents,

Queen B

Re:-1: Moral relativism

[iq in binary]

Dude, just to let you know, he's american. I can spot him from a mile away. I'm American myself. And I'm not giving up the opportunity to mod you troll because you're pointing out the parallels between our democratic society and that of a communist one, I would've modded you troll for being so ignorant as to think that we Americans don't already know.

Americans are smarter than you think, some of us anyway. Most the smartasses you see making comments like the one you're criticizing are exactly that: intelligent, sourly satirical Americans pissed about the situation their government is putting them in and the fact that there's not really anything they can do about it. Fixed elections, politically controlled media, no responsibility for actions in the executive or legislative branch, shit's going downhill and half of us know it. We're just smart enough not to depress ourselves over it like most of you european pussies who mope and bitch about every little fucking thing.

Get one thing straight from now on, Americans aren't stupid, ignorant or weak in any way, shape or form. But we are stubborn, cocky and rude.