http://techgeist.net/2009/06/green-dam-damned-china-backs-down/ Tech of Today, Trends of Tomorrow Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:14:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 http://techgeist.net/2009/06/green-dam-damned-china-backs-down/comment-page-1/#comment-6345 China Fail – Green Dam Censorship Software Too Broken To Use In Schools | Techgeist Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:35:36 +0000 http://techgeist.net/?p=3149#comment-6345 [...] Green Dam was going to be this big deal. China’s plan was to preinstall it on every new computer. The software would allow the Chinese government to monitor what users were doing online (as if they couldn’t see that already). Well, Green Dam is no longer going to be used in schools, and the reason for this is pretty funny: the program broke a lot of the educational software already in use on school computers. [...] [...] Green Dam was going to be this big deal. China’s plan was to preinstall it on every new computer. The software would allow the Chinese government to monitor what users were doing online (as if they couldn’t see that already). Well, Green Dam is no longer going to be used in schools, and the reason for this is pretty funny: the program broke a lot of the educational software already in use on school computers. [...]

]]> http://techgeist.net/2009/06/green-dam-damned-china-backs-down/comment-page-1/#comment-2452 Chinese Online Population Greater Than Total US Population | Techgeist Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:55:55 +0000 http://techgeist.net/?p=3149#comment-2452 [...] Green Dam Damned – China Backs Down? [...] [...] Green Dam Damned – China Backs Down? [...]

]]> http://techgeist.net/2009/06/green-dam-damned-china-backs-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1973 Green Dam(n) Back - Iran To Blame? | The Mind of Alex Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:30:29 +0000 http://techgeist.net/?p=3149#comment-1973 [...] the Chinese government just put us all through the rumor mill. We just discover that Green Dam has been delayed, perhaps indefinitely, and then hours days later it comes roaring [...] [...] the Chinese government just put us all through the rumor mill. We just discover that Green Dam has been delayed, perhaps indefinitely, and then hours days later it comes roaring [...]

]]> http://techgeist.net/2009/06/green-dam-damned-china-backs-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1972 Green Dam(n) Back - Iran To Blame? | Techgeist Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:09:41 +0000 http://techgeist.net/?p=3149#comment-1972 [...] the Chinese government just put us all through the rumor mill. We just discover that Green Dam has been delayed, perhaps indefinitely, and then hours days later it comes roaring [...] [...] the Chinese government just put us all through the rumor mill. We just discover that Green Dam has been delayed, perhaps indefinitely, and then hours days later it comes roaring [...]

]]> http://techgeist.net/2009/06/green-dam-damned-china-backs-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1897 freepers Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:58:57 +0000 http://techgeist.net/?p=3149#comment-1897 LOL I take it you've never actually been to China? Even if this was implemented in China it could never be enforced because when people buy PCs the vendors will install pirated OSes if the consumer wants it. The way PCs are purchased in China completely sidesteps the Green Dam software. LOL I take it you’ve never actually been to China? Even if this was implemented in China it could never be enforced because when people buy PCs the vendors will install pirated OSes if the consumer wants it. The way PCs are purchased in China completely sidesteps the Green Dam software.

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