Comments on: Chinese Green Dam Porn Blocker May Be Security Risk http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2009/06/16/chinese-green-dam-porn-blocker-may-be-security-risk/ Digital & Satellite TV, 3DTV, HDTV, IPTV, Computers, Mobiles, Gaming, Internet, and Telecoms Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:04:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Charles Liu http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2009/06/16/chinese-green-dam-porn-blocker-may-be-security-risk/#comment-5113 Charles Liu Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:26:02 +0000 http://www.securitywatch.co.uk/?p=1497#comment-5113 Alan, your story is way off base. There's no chip. Not even the filtering software in question is required. How can there be censorship when end users aren't even required to install or run this software? "preinstall" in Chinese means "bundle". The PC makers were asked to bundle the software with new computers, while end users were never reuqired to install or run Green Dam. Take this 6/12 ZDNet article citing WSJ: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=19688 As to what Green Dam will filter, it is configuable by the user. And it's only a content filter, not a replacement for conventional safeguards (AV, firewall). How can this be twisted into censorship or cyber terrorism is beyond me - perhaps anti-sinoism? Alan, your story is way off base. There’s no chip. Not even the filtering software in question is required.

How can there be censorship when end users aren’t even required to install or run this software?

“preinstall” in Chinese means “bundle”. The PC makers were asked to bundle the software with new computers, while end users were never reuqired to install or run Green Dam.

Take this 6/12 ZDNet article citing WSJ:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=19688

As to what Green Dam will filter, it is configuable by the user. And it’s only a content filter, not a replacement for conventional safeguards (AV, firewall). How can this be twisted into censorship or cyber terrorism is beyond me – perhaps anti-sinoism?

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