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Kindle Allowing Chinese Unfettered Access To Web
jcl-xen0n writes "Apparently, some Chinese Kindle owners have discovered that they are able to access banned sites such as Twitter and Facebook without a problem. The article speculates that Amazon may be operating a local equivalent to Amazon Whispernet with a Chinese 3G provider. Professor Lawrence Yeung Kwan, of the University of Hong Kong's electrical and electronic engineering department, told the paper that mainland internet patrols might have overlooked the gadget (perhaps because they consider it solely a tool to purchase books). How long before Kindle traffic is locked down?"
The Chinese government isn't too web savy. They've quoted The Onion in the past as a news source. They probably think Slashdot has typing tutorials.
Wait. So we would should censor ourselves about how they could get around their censorship?
I think the room is spinning.
and a URL like Kindle-Allowing-Chinese-Unfettered-Access-To-Web is bound to catch someone's attention
I am eager to see their translation of "unfettered". Maybe they'll just think it means "not for feet" or something, and that the kindle just lets people use the web while laying on a sofa. That should be okay with them, right?
Someone flopped a steamer in the gene pool.
YOU! Are a BLAAAAAABBERMOUTH! A Blab-ber-mouuuth! You - BLABBERMOUTH!!1!
In Soviet Russia Bezos deletes you.
In State Capitalist China Kindle reports you.
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"