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Chinese Censor-Beating Software Resembles Malware, But Isn't

coondoggie writes "Software designed to beat Chinese censorship may behave in ways that seem suspect, but it is all part of the application's strategy to fool the Great Firewall of China, according to one programmer of the software. 'There are many built-in tricks that do all kinds of things to confuse the firewall,' says David Tian, a scientist for NASA who works spare-time on UltraSurf, the free software designed to promote unrestricted Internet access for citizens of China persecuted for being members of Falun Gang, the religious group the Chinese government is trying to suppress."

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  1. Re:Falun Gang by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think it's Falun Gong

    Great, now Slashdot will be censored in China. I hope you are happy.

  2. Re:Falun Gong by cat_jesus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh yeah that's way nuttier than believing drinking the blood and eating the body of a zombie will get you into heaven.

  3. Re:Confuse it? How? by tecnico.hitos · · Score: 4, Funny

    Save lives: Use stenography.

    abv cmt shd b fxd

    --
    The good, the evil and the vacuum tubes.
  4. comspiracy by gmermnstinsmermwords · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or so David Tian would like you to believe, but did any of us think that he may be using his software as a ploy to deploy real Malware and take down the Chinese space program, from the inside!! If you listen you can hear the muah ha ha echo after reading the blip.

  5. Re:Confuse it? How? by interkin3tic · · Score: 2, Funny

    Googling "how do I blow up government buildings" is going to attract the attention of shub internet no matter how many bogus queries you put before or after it.

    If anyone is wondering the answer to that question but doesn't want to attract the attention of the "shub" internet, I've got the answer right here. There is usually somewhere on the building a small thermal exhaust port approximately 2 meters wide. A direct hit with a proton torpedo should cause a chain reaction that will destroy it. I should caution you that ONLY a direct hit will cause a chain reaction.