Comments on: Green Dam http://newschoolsecurity.com/2009/06/green-dam/ The Blog Inspired By The Book Wed, 16 May 2012 16:05:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Charles Liu http://newschoolsecurity.com/2009/06/green-dam/#comment-157 Charles Liu Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:58:09 +0000 http://newschoolsecurity.com/?p=287#comment-157 Chandler, I think you've misquoted the Thomas Claburn article. It doesn't say Green Dam is installed by default, actually the opposit: "The unnamed official said that the software's setup files must be present on all computers or on an installation CD, but the actual installation of the software is up to users." Chandler, I think you’ve misquoted the Thomas Claburn article. It doesn’t say Green Dam is installed by default, actually the opposit:

“The unnamed official said that the software’s setup files must be present on all computers or on an installation CD, but the actual installation of the software is up to users.”

]]> By: Charles Liu http://newschoolsecurity.com/2009/06/green-dam/#comment-148 Charles Liu Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:56:36 +0000 http://newschoolsecurity.com/?p=287#comment-148 Your story is a little off. The end users were never reuqired to install or run Green Dam. "preinstall" in Chinese actually means "bundle". Take this 6/12 ZDNet article citing WSJ for example: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=19688 As to what Green Dam will filter, it is configuable by the user. How can this be twisted into censorship is beyond me - anti-sinoism perhaps? Your story is a little off. The end users were never reuqired to install or run Green Dam.

“preinstall” in Chinese actually means “bundle”. Take this 6/12 ZDNet article citing WSJ for example:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=19688

As to what Green Dam will filter, it is configuable by the user.

How can this be twisted into censorship is beyond me – anti-sinoism perhaps?

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