There are concerns that China’s recent revamp of its Great Firewall may open the door to spying to on western companies that use encryption for internal communications.

Ezine PC World says the changes could prove a threat to companies doing business in China: “some observers say this may not only be an effort to stop citizens from reading or viewing Western information, but also to spy on international corporations doing business in the country who encrypt their internal communications.

The Guardian reported recently that the Chinese government is blocking internet services that have been able to “burrow secretly through what is known as the ‘Great Firewall’ …”

 

“A number of companies providing virtual private network (VPN) services to users in China say the new system is able to ‘learn, discover and block’ the encrypted communications methods used by a number of different VPN systems,” the report said. Continue reading »