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China Mandates Wi-Fi Hotspot Traffic Monitoring

Posted by Unknown on from the you-have-nothing-to-hide dept.

hypnosec writes with an article on tightening censorship in China. From the article: "Officials in China warned businesses in the capital city to install web surveillance technology to monitor their traffic or they may have to face hefty fine or closure. ... It seems that the step to intensify web censorship in the country has left businesses with no other choice but to stop providing WiFi services.."

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  1. Go, China! by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 1, Insightful

    If there's one thing that can keep the US hanging on to our advantages over China, it's China doing whatever its mafia government can to keep its people down and divided.

    We've certainly got enough of our own action along those lines. But China is far more ruthless and stupid about it, giving the us a relative advantage. Go China!

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  2. What's the difference? by Jawnn · · Score: 4, Insightful

    China wants the hot spot operators to keep the logs, the U.S. government wants the ISP's to do the same thing. Where is the outrage?

  3. So much energy and effort put into by Ukab+the+Great · · Score: 1, Insightful

    monitoring Chinese citizens in cafes, and so little put into monitoring Chinese baby formula manufacturers.