China Stands Behind Its Net Censorship

Jun 09

Times EnemyChina, General, news, security , , No Comments

China Stands Behind Its Net Censorship

By: Geoff Duncan
June 8, 2010

A new white paper from the Chinese government defends the country’s rights to prohibit information that the government believes serves to subvert state power.
China is well-known to run the most sophisticated Internet censorship regime on the planet—dubbed The Great Firewall of China—that has been decried by many both within China and in the larger international community. Now the Chinese government has issued a new white paper defending the nation’s right to censor the Internet and prohibit the distribution of any information it believes to be harmful or a threat to the state’s power.

This is a preview of China Stands Behind Its Net Censorship. Read the full post (458 words, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)
  • Share/Bookmark

Julian Assange is a Hypocrite

Jun 07

acmGeneral, rants and raves , No Comments

WikiLeaks’ founder, Julian Assange operates in a world of ignorance, self-righteousness, and hypocracy.  He operates in secrecy because of a perceived threat, complete with code names for people, projects and events, yet he claims transparency should exist for all other entities.  He is an imaginary freedom fighter whose ignorance causes more bad than good.  His title, “Collateral Murder,” is his attempt to spin the term “collateral damage,” but even he has published documents which contained information about innocent people, which he shrugs off as “collateral damage, if you will.”

This is a preview of Julian Assange is a Hypocrite. Read the full post (9948 words, estimated 39:48 mins reading time)
  • Share/Bookmark

Google HQ Bans Microsoft Windows In-House After Hacking Scare

Jun 01

Times EnemyGeneral, news , , , No Comments

Google HQ Bans Microsoft Windows In-House After Hacking Scare

By David Gelles and Richard Waters in San Francisco
Published: May 31 2010 23:26 | Last updated: May 31 2010 23:26

Google is phasing out the internal use of Microsoft’s ubiquitous Windows operating system because of security concerns, according to several Google employees.
The directive to move to other operating systems began in earnest in January, after Google’s Chinese operations were hacked, and could effectively end the use of Windows at Google, which employs more than 10,000 workers internationally.

“We’re not doing any more Windows. It is a security effort,” said one Google employee.

This is a preview of Google HQ Bans Microsoft Windows In-House After Hacking Scare. Read the full post (496 words, estimated 1:59 mins reading time)
  • Share/Bookmark