Chinese Govt Spyware Puts Computers At Risk

Ihmhi writes "China's mandatory 'Green Dam Youth Escort' web filter software apparently has a series of severe flaws. In addition to not working on Linux or MacOS, traffic between the software and its servers is unencrypted." I'm sure it only gets better after that.

Linux people always complaining

[Anonymous Coward]

In addition to not working on Linux or MacOS

FFS, just run it in Wine!

It's chinese stuff

[courteaudotbiz]

Hey, it's Chinese stuff for god's sake, did you expect some quality out of it?

Re:Linux people always complaining

[mcgrew]

In this case, not running in Linux or Mac is a feature, not a bug!

Bad move ...

[oldspewey]

"We found a series of software flaws," explained Isaac Mao, a blogger and social entrepreneur in China

... when contacted later for further comment, it was discovered that Mao had been assigned to 18 years of reeducation through labour in the coal-mining provinces.

Re:Bad move ...

[BlueKitties]

No, we've assured his skills will remain in good use. If you wish to speak on him, please PM him on the US Shattered Hand Realm for WoW, where he has been assigned 18 years of reeducation through labor in the WoW-gold mining servers.

When you buttume ...

[David Gerard]

"We have buttiduously canvbutted the industry [today.com], buttessed what is available and buttembled the finest selection of contractors chosen in a completely open manner for this buttignment. Butterting free speech is one thing, but a triparbreaste committee considers that that does not justify mere pbuttive breastillation at the expense of others. The filters will buttociatively clbuttify all communications and filter then, I can butture you, rebuttemble them with surpbutting exacbreastude in any quanbreasty. Consbreastuents can be rebuttured that a mulbreastude of industry compebreastors will butture quality and keep our clbuttrooms safe. Green Dam will not embarbutt us!"

Re:International competition for stupidest governm

[powerlord]

Lately it's like all the countries of the world are engaged in an Olympic competition to see who can screw themselves up the most through acts of extreme stupidity and greed. What the fuck is wrong with people?

I don't know what you just said except "Olympics", and we all know what we do at the Olympics, right? Support your country to be number one, no matter WHAT the event!

U-S-A! U-S-A!~

Linux is not ready for the desktop

[TheRaven64]

First, it's incompatible with all of those Windows-only worms, now it won't run invasive government-mandated spyware. At this rate, it will never be the year of the Linux desktop.

Latest news: Firefox to be renamed in China

[Anonymous Coward]

FireFucks.

Spyware Puts Computers At Risk

[Arancaytar]

Spyware Puts Computers At Risk

I nominate this for the most awesome headline ever.

I have no problem with Big Brother...

[Macman408]

...it's the lack of encryption that really bothers me. After all, that could let some unknown party watch what I'm doing online!