http://blog.privacypartners.com/2009/09/china-retreats-from-green-dam/ Protecting Your Internet Privacy Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:25:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.privacypartners.com/2009/09/china-retreats-from-green-dam/comment-page-1/#comment-401 Jody Russel Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:44:02 +0000 http://blog.privacypartners.com/?p=406#comment-401 I am very interested in China and the middle east’s affairs, as part of my family is over there for my dad’s job. He says things are very different than in America, and that I should enjoy the safety and anonymity, not to mention freedom I enjoy here. He was actually in the area of the Green Dam software’s starting, so he witnessed all of these events unfold. It seems crazy that these creators of the software and the government could force people to use the software that restricts their use; it is like forcing them to tie a ball and chain around their leg so they can’t move far! This could never pass in the United States, we value our freedom and safety too much to allow someone to restrict us. My dad felt this was unjust, and so, as many other citizens do, he began to use an anonymous proxy, and this is how I hear from him today, due to most other forms of communication being blocked. If he didn’t surf anonymously, the government could arrest him for dissent, and I could never communicate with him! I am very interested in China and the middle east’s affairs, as part of my family is over there for my dad’s job. He says things are very different than in America, and that I should enjoy the safety and anonymity, not to mention freedom I enjoy here. He was actually in the area of the Green Dam software’s starting, so he witnessed all of these events unfold. It seems crazy that these creators of the software and the government could force people to use the software that restricts their use; it is like forcing them to tie a ball and chain around their leg so they can’t move far! This could never pass in the United States, we value our freedom and safety too much to allow someone to restrict us. My dad felt this was unjust, and so, as many other citizens do, he began to use an anonymous proxy, and this is how I hear from him today, due to most other forms of communication being blocked. If he didn’t surf anonymously, the government could arrest him for dissent, and I could never communicate with him!

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