http://www.thewavingcat.com/2007/02/01/dictatorships-get-to-grips-with-web-20/ [The Waving Cat: 'cause it's good luck AND shiny plastic] Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:19:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.thewavingcat.com/2007/02/01/dictatorships-get-to-grips-with-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-9682 The Waving Cat » Blog Archive » internet phones, censorship and net neutrality Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:37:50 +0000 http://www.thewavingcat.com/2007/02/01/dictatorships-get-to-grips-with-web-20/#comment-9682 [...] Recently, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) stated that Skype has signed a contract with the Chinese government stating that Skype would block out certain keywords. (Probably all the daaaangerous stuff, such as freedom, democracy or Mao comics. Kidding. Anyway.) For links and info, see my old post here. Now, this is pretty bad, obviously. Blocking keywords isn’t half as bad as wire-tapping phone calls, for two reasons: First, it’s easier to circumvent blocked keywords: Just use codewords, as anyone talking about something secretly would do anyway. Second, the blocking would probably take part within the Skype network. Wire-tapping on the other hand is most likely done by governments, and without the users knowledge. [...] [...] Recently, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) stated that Skype has signed a contract with the Chinese government stating that Skype would block out certain keywords. (Probably all the daaaangerous stuff, such as freedom, democracy or Mao comics. Kidding. Anyway.) For links and info, see my old post here. Now, this is pretty bad, obviously. Blocking keywords isn’t half as bad as wire-tapping phone calls, for two reasons: First, it’s easier to circumvent blocked keywords: Just use codewords, as anyone talking about something secretly would do anyway. Second, the blocking would probably take part within the Skype network. Wire-tapping on the other hand is most likely done by governments, and without the users knowledge. [...]

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