Chinese Firm Huawei In Control of UK Net Filters

Posted by Unknown on Friday July 26, 2013 @01:25AM from the east-asia-has-always-been-our-ally dept.

AmiMoJo writes "The BBC reports that Huawei, one of the world's largest manufacturers of telecoms equipment, is controlling popular ISP TalkTalk's web censorship system. The system, known as Homesafe, was praised by Prime Minister David Cameron. Customers who do not want filtering still have their traffic routed through the system, but matches to Huawei's database are dismissed rather than acted upon. In other words there is no opt-out. Mr Cameron has demanded similar measures be adopted by all internet service providers (ISPs) in the UK, to 'protect our children and their innocence.'"

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Expert Advice by macromorgan · 2013-07-26 01:26 · Score: 5, Funny

If anyone knows how to filter internet traffic, it's the Chinese.
1. Re:Expert Advice by Thud457 · 2013-07-26 01:53 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  man, I don't know what kind of a sexual act a Tiananmen Square is, but it must be pretty damn depraved the way it's getting blocked.
  
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  the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
2. Re:Expert Advice by benjfowler · 2013-07-26 02:16 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Like a 'cleveland steamer', but with a Soviet-era tank.
Network diagram anyone? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-07-26 01:33 · Score: 5, Funny

So do the chinese get to filter before or after the americans intercept?
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