Posted on 06/08/2009 12:13:00 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
fyi
As if I needed more reasons to never, ever visit China.
> I wonder if you could install a virtual machine to bypass the spyware while leaving it intact and functioning so the authorities can’t catch you.
If I lived in China I’d just decline to upgrade my hardware. I still got a 386 upstairs doing e-mail and basic stuff with 1994-vintage software. Works fine.
or better yet, write a program(virus), that would disable the spyware, and allow the Chinese user to bypass these restrictions. China's a huge market, think of the money to made. The trick would be to get the program on the Chinese market, under the noses of their Commie overlords.
The school has blocking software so I can’t log on to find out when the local rock hunting club meets at the church. Apparently, “rock” is tagged as porn. Talk about some hard core cleavage pics there!
Hackers will disable the spyware in no time and it’ll spread like spyware.
Proxies will get you around most blocks. There are a ton of free proxies out there.
Easy - just run down to the local software copy shop (you know, where you also get your knock-off Rolexes, switchblades, and DVDs), pick up that pirated copy of Windows, and re-install a clean version of the OS. “Green Dam” gone...
“Rock” is probably blocked as a drug reference.
I turned my back on China years ago. If more patriots did the same thing, they’d still be a harmless commie hellhole instaed of a dangerous commie hellhole.
This is GREAT news for business such as mine that have been victims of Chinese piracy and copyright infringement. Now all we have to do is place meta tags such as “Free Tibet” and “Tianmen Square massacre” on our websites to keep Chinese companies from viewing our products.
If the spyware is software, you could reformat and reinstall. But this sounds like it will be embedded in firmware. So VM wouldn’t matter.
Or re-format and load your own OS.
Actually, it's even more painless than that. For a few bucks, a tech at the local computer mall will wipe the hard drive and re-install Windows for you. Besides, there are literally tens of thousands of mom-and-pop PC operations. I suspect this regulation is only an issue for the big boys like Lenovo, Dell, HP and IBM. Who the heck is going to police Ah Qiang's PC outlet?
ROFL!
I would presume that it would be illegal to do that.
The Linux movement will snuff that out...
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The only way that they could enforce this is if they can somehow monitor traffic on the Internet/Web and block traffic coming from machines that don't have the software installed (doesn't ping or call home)...
I don't see why they would need spyware if they can just control the server connections and block offensive/politically unfavorable sites *unless* they want to be able to activate your webcam without your knowledge to spy on you.
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