北京迫個人電腦裝監控軟件 北京

Lik

Source: Fruit Daily 2009-06-09

北京迫個人電腦裝監控軟件
網絡世界白色恐怖

中國要求電腦生產商下月起須在電腦預先安裝「綠壩──花季護航」軟件或附上軟件,實質是進一步箝制網民獲取消息的渠道。

為箝控自由的網絡世界,中國政府再伸出魔爪。美國《華爾街日報》昨天(周一)報道,中國政府要求全球個人電腦生產商,由下月1日起,必須在所有銷售中國的個人電腦,安裝或附上過濾軟件「綠壩─花季護航」。雖然軟件商指「綠壩─花季護航」主要針對色情網站,但互聯網專家警告,從未有國家規定進口個人電腦預載指定過濾軟件,北京今次完全是製造監控網民的白色恐怖。在北京大棒子下,全球個人電腦生產面臨艱難抉擇,要麼助紂為虐,要麼放棄中國龐大市場。
北京迫個人電腦裝監控軟件

據《華爾街日報》報道,中國工業和信息化部本月19日向全球個人電腦生產商,發出沒公開的通告,作出這種全球前所未有的要求。在新規定下,由下月1日起,生產商出機到中國銷售前,必須預載「綠壩─花季護航」到硬碟,或隨機附上該軟件光碟供買家自行下載到電腦。為強迫執行,生產商還必須向中國政府申報,有多少台電腦附有該軟件。

當局在通告解釋,頒佈新規定,旨在創造一個綠色、健康、和諧的互聯網環境,防止互聯網上有害訊息影響和毒害青少年。「綠壩─花季護航」由政府跟金惠計算機系統有限公司簽定總值2,100萬元人民幣合約開發,金惠聲稱,軟件主要針對色情網站,類似一般讓家長阻止孩子瀏覽兒童不宜網站的過濾軟件,軟件將免費供給生產商一年。

一名曾為政府測試「綠壩─花季護航」的官員指出,安裝之後,軟件會將個人電腦連結到一個不時更新的被禁網站資料庫,阻止電腦登上這些禁網。

在中國政府眼中,六四事件、師濤等異見人士、藏獨和疆獨的消息,都要一律封鎖。

阻止電腦登上相關禁網

雖然北京向來有「防火長城」從色情網到政治敏感網都可過濾,但都只限於在互聯網層面過濾網站內容,很多用戶都能攻破,但「綠壩─花季護航」則將過濾功能擴至每台電腦,能讓政府前所未有地控制互聯網世界。

聽到中國政府的新規定,香港互聯網主席莫乃光說,過去從未有國家規定進口的個人電腦必須預載指定的過濾軟件,北京此舉完全是製造白色恐怖,「佢想講畀巿民聽,政府可以監控你哋一舉一動」。

他又指,澳洲和法國等國家都有法例或指引要求網絡供應商提供過濾軟件讓用家選擇,但北京今次是要電腦生產商安裝指定中國製軟件,「我哋業界叫呢啲做『間諜』軟件,佢哋動機好明顯唔係過濾啲色情網網站,而係審查網民。」他憂慮港府有樣學樣收緊控制本地互聯網。

或將用家資料傳到政府

港大電子工程學系副教授張星煒同樣認為,有關軟件並非過濾軟件「咁簡單」,內藏不為人知的監控程式,「如果話係過濾色情網站嘅軟件,坊間大把。唔排除呢個軟件可以秘密將啲用家資料,傳到中國政府。」他說,有關軟件也可能有病毒程式,「有關當局只要下一個命令,就可以令全國或指定電腦癱瘓。」

外國互聯網業內人士更警告,這套軟件既會將個人資料外洩,也會讓個人電腦更易遭黑客襲擊,而且由於軟件配合美國微軟視窗作業系統應用設計,有可能無法兼容其他作業系統,導致電腦故障甚至系統崩潰。

另有業內人士認為,在欠缺透明度、沒足夠時間測試軟件及限制範圍廣泛下,新規定勢必對業界造成極大挑戰。雖然中國政府沒說明不預載的生產商和不下載的用戶會受到甚麼懲罰,但全球個人電腦生產商已左右為難,預載軟件到電腦等於助紂為虐,協助北京監控網民,若不從就不能進軍中國龐大市場──去年中國個人電腦銷量近4,000萬台,僅次於美國,當中聯想市場佔有率是26.7%,比率最大,其次是美國惠普(Hewlett-Packard)和戴爾(Dell)。

中大新聞與傳播學院院長蘇鑰機批評,中國政府將監控互聯網由網絡商提升至電腦生產商,加大力度限制網民上網,違反全球資訊流通大方向,「大陸今次做法完全係走回頭路。」果真白色恐怖。

美國《華爾街日報》/本報記者

內地箝制互聯網事件簿
2008年
美國網絡電話商Skype在中國的合作夥伴TOM在線,被揭過濾用戶網上使用對北京政治敏感的文字訊息,將逾100萬條有關訊息儲存在公司伺服器內

2006年
Google向北京叩頭,開設「.cn」域名進軍大陸,審查如「六四」、「天安門」、「法輪功」等敏感字詞

2005年
微軟認跟北京合作,審查旗下中文入門網站,過濾「民主」、「自由」、「人權」等敏感字詞,「台灣獨立」等被北京視為顛覆性的字眼標題,全遭微軟MSN封殺

2004年
中國記者師濤用電郵將官方對六四民運人士的指引向外發放,雅虎向北京叩頭,交出其互聯網位址等資料,他翌年判監10年

2003年
中國政府啟動「金盾工程」,是一套龐大的綜合網絡安全系統,用來監控全國網民,過濾審查網上訊息、封鎖網站,防黑客與電腦病毒入侵

2002年
雅虎香港助紂為虐,將55歲王小寧在雅虎中國發表不滿共產黨政論文章交公安,令他判囚10年

2002年
中國當局開始採用功能變數名稱劫持技術,審查和過濾網站,外界稱之為「中國防火牆」或「防火長城」

rainbow-davie

rainbow-davie

hahaha. 原來呢個軟件係老翻. 抄人地美國既. 真係樣衰.  你班共狗又有咩嗡呀? 哈哈, 等緊你地跳出黎吠呀.

peter236

18# peter236

I think he highlighted it out to strengthen his point.

No need to call people moron in a discussion or argument.  This is not different than toppy telling people to go home when he lo ...
myversa 發表於 2009-6-12 11:50

oh, why don't you tell Lik to stop his own share of name calling?

peter236

因為peter仔你選擇性失明／失聰／失憶／失禮。
MoiRhapsody 發表於 2009-6-12 11:34

These descriptions fit Lik more.

myversa

18# peter236

I think he highlighted it out to strengthen his point.

No need to call people moron in a discussion or argument.  This is not different than toppy telling people to go home when he lost argument.

If you think his point is wrong, argue back instead of calling people names.

Focusing on the topic.

MoiRhapsody

因為peter仔你選擇性失明／失聰／失憶／失禮。

peter236

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124474567529507107.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

Political Cues in China Web Filter

By LORETTA CHAO

BEIJING -- Web-filtering software that the Chinese government will req ...
Lik 發表於 2009-6-12 11:18

Lik, why are you highlighting parts of the article? This indicates that you are desperate.
You moron, you think we do not have the reading ability to pick out the important parts?

Lik

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... mod=dist_smartbrief

Political Cues in China Web Filter

By LORETTA CHAO

BEIJING -- Web-filtering software that the Chinese government will require on all new personal computers includes data files containing political keywords and Web addresses, suggesting it could block more than just pornography, say people who have studied the program.

A notice sent to PC makers last month said they must include the software with all new PCs shipped in China as of July 1. Chinese officials and the main developer of the software have said the purpose of the software, called Green Dam-Youth Escort, is to enable parents to prevent their children from viewing online pornography. But foreign industry officials and free-speech advocates have criticized the plan as an effort by Beijing to expand its censorship powers.

Isaac Mao, a fellow at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, said Green Dam data files have a broad range of political content, "much more than Falun Gong," the banned spiritual group.

Mr. Mao, who has seen the program's coding, said the words in the lists aren't necessarily blocked by the software. He said the blocking will appear inconsistent to users because the program includes mechanisms that activate and deactivate various functions. The software also appears to communicate with a centralized server, he said.

Shi Zhao, a prominent Beijing blogger, said he found data files with Chinese phrases such as "6-4 massacre" -- a reference to the Tiananmen Square crackdown on June 4, 1989 -- and "the celebration of Tibetan people."

Keyword documents in the software related to political content "are very big -- much, much bigger than those related to pornographic content," Mr. Shi said.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which issued the Green Dam requirement, didn't respond to requests to comment.

Wang Jingcheng, deputy general manager of Beijing Dazheng Human Language Technology Academy Co., the developer responsible for Green Dam's keyword technology, declined to comment on reports the software blocks political content. He said earlier that it would block content "according to the law."

Bryan Zhang, founder of Jinhui Computer System Engineering Co., the primary developer of Green Dam, said the software serves no purpose other than filtering pornography. He said Jinhui compiled and maintains the list of blocked Web sites. "I know what is on my own blacklist," he said. Mr. Zhang declined to share the contents of the list of blocked sites, arguing that doing so would "promote" the Web sites.

Industry officials have also expressed concerns that the software could expose computers to viruses, or worse. Researchers at the University of Michigan, in a preliminary investigation, found programming errors creating "serious vulnerabilities that allow any Web site the user visits to take control of the PC," said J. Alex Halderman, a professor involved in the tests.

The government continued its defense of the software requirement on Thursday. State-run broadcaster China Central Television publicized a newspaper report that said a "vast number of parents and experts welcome the preinstalled green Internet surfing software."

But commentaries in prominent publications have expressed other views. On the Web site of the Communist Party newspaper, the People's Daily, a Peking University journalism professor, Xie Xinzhou, said blocking and filtering content shows the government is "treating all Internet users as children."

peter236

Do you even have any sense of what personal privacy means? If you like personal privacy violations so much, why don't you install a 24/7 webcam to broadcast every single thing you do to the whole wid ...
Lik 發表於 2009-6-11 09:48

You moron, I was not talking about the action of the Chinese government. You claimed that there are people who will say this new policy is good for the people and I was just responding to the absurdity of that claim.