The Great Firewall of China

abraxaszugzwang commented on the list the-great-firewall-of-china

Last I heard, China had 40,000 internet police scanning for improper internet use. When you hit upon a suspicious site, a happy, animated jingjing, or police officer, appears on your screen giving you a wag of the finger. If you're not careful, your door will get kicked down in the middle of the night.

In 2006, Yahoo helped China gain access to journalist Shi Tao's email. Tao was arrested and faces up to 10 years in prison.

For those of you in China who wish to surf anonymously and get around the firewall, you can use proxying tools (though at your own risk), such as anonymouse.org, Freenet, and TriangleBoy.

February 28, 2007

abraxaszugzwang commented on the list the-great-firewall-of-china

Mao and Hu were not allowed in the subject lines of Microsoft's MSN Spaces. That's probably because China's leaders are considered "off limits," rather than controversial.

February 28, 2007

uselessness commented on the list the-great-firewall-of-china

Frightening. Great list though. I love the fact that it's list #666(6).

February 28, 2007

abraxaszugzwang commented on the list the-great-firewall-of-china

How can you tell what number it is?

March 1, 2007

uselessness commented on the list the-great-firewall-of-china

Look in the URL in the address field of your browser:

http://wordie.org/people/AbraxasZugzwang?wl=6666

March 1, 2007

abraxaszugzwang commented on the list the-great-firewall-of-china

thanks, U

March 1, 2007

reesetee commented on the list the-great-firewall-of-china

Heehee. I thought I was the only one who looked at those numbers. ;-)

March 1, 2007