China’s Upgrade To “Great Firewall” Raises Concerns Of Increased Industrial Espionage

Jan 082013
 
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 »

Useful Site For Checking If China’s Great Firewall Is Blocking A Website

Feb 082012
 

Have you ever wondered which websites are blocked and which are not in China. If you are there is a great tool to check if the domain name is blocked by using a VPN in China.

A very useful tool for journalists, academics, human rights activists and proponents of free speech. Click here to visit the site greatfirewallofchina.org

Chinese Netizens Cut Off From Circumvention Tool

May 272011
 

 Chinese netizens trying to use Virtual Private Networks to allow them to bypass China’s state censors are finding they can no longer access the tools.

 The Asia News Network reports VPNs used by hundreds of thousands of netizens in China to circumvent state blockage to foreign websites has been disrupted, denying them access to alternative information sources.

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“Do As I Say Not As I Surf” The Great Firewall’s Creator And His VPNs

Feb 222011
 

The man known as the father of China’s “Great Firewall” is defending his creation but admits he uses six virtual private networks to get over it and to bypass the censors.

(For chinese netizens keen to avail themselves to the same wall busting techology click here)

The China Digital Times says that in a rare English-language newspaper interview published Friday, , president of the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, told the state-owned Global Times that he owned six virtual private networks, or VPNs, to scale the firewall and determine what was and wasn’t accessible in China.

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Great Site For Censorship Circumvention Tools In A Number Of Languages

Oct 222010
 

Sesawe is a website offering free software via a virtual private network VPN to overcome online censorship in English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Burmese, French and several other languages.

The easy to use tools it makes available are a useful resource for those denied open access to information through government censorship. It is a link well worth passing on to friends and family in countries that deny freedom of speech to its citizens.