Last week, computer scientists at the University of Michigan, The Open Net Initiative, and an independent group of Chinese programmers all found serious security flaws in the government-mandated Green Dam-Youth Escort software. Earlier this week a Chinese... ...full story at RConversation
from RConversation on Fri, Jun 19 2009
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Chinese scientists reveal receptionist robot »
YouTube video A group of Chinese scientists completed their work last week on a new robot named Miss Rong Cheng. The robot's designers say she is equipped with cutting-edge technology in human-to-robot interaction and responds to human voices. The robot is designed to... |
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University of Michigan: Analysis of the Green Dam Censorware System » RConversation A team of computer scientists at the University of Michigan have released this report about the Chinese government-mandated censorware, Green Dam. Here is the summary: We have discovered remotely-exploitable vulnerabilities in Green Dam, the censorship... |
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Green Dam makers getting harassed » Shanghaiist Jinhui Computer System Engineering Co. is now getting constantly harassed for creating the Green Dam Youth Escort filtering software that'll be distributed with all new computers next week. According to GM Zhang Chenmin, over 1000 harassing phone calls... |
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Nanny software to be made mandatory » Danwei Loretta Chao reports for the Wall Street Journal that Chinese authorities have mandated that all PCs sold after July 1 come with site-blocking software: The software's Chinese name is "Green Dam-Youth Escort." The word "green" in Chinese is used to... |
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China's "Green Dam Youth Escort" software » RConversation Today's Wall Street Journal has a provocative story headlined China Squeezes PC Makers: Beijing Is Set to Require Web Filter That Would Block Government-Censored Sites. The picture above comes from the official website for "Green Dam Youth Escort," the... |
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Open Net Initiative report on Green Dam » RConversation The Open Net Initiative has released a detailed analysis of Green Dam. Executive summary (emphasis added): A recent directive by the Chinese government requires the installation of a specific filtering software product, Green Dam, with the publicly stated... |
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