How do u think about the way that Yahoo! become the spy for China Goverment?
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Greed. Again.\n\nOf course the internet and software gaints wouldn't call it greed; they have a responsibility to their share holders. But after all it is Greed, how ever they want to justify it. I am sure they tell themselves, it is a small price to pay considering that technology like theirs will likely contribute to the down fall of the current Chinese regime.\n\nThe real irony is that China (a "communist" country) is using capitalism to fight its dissidence; Meaning china uses McGoohoo's Greed you reinforce its anti-dissidence program! I don't find that very Communist. But then again is China truly communist?\n\nThe real question is, what do we do about it?\n\nDo you suggest a boycott?\n\nI don't remember the last time I wrote Google or Yahoo a check. And sure Microsoft got some of my dough, but I try to keep that to a minimum.\n\nThe bigger problem is China. They are a giant America has worked hard to keep at bay. Trade packs during the cold war for example. But every time we try to appease them, we give them more power, money, etc.\n\nI am disgusted that we have sent all our factories over there. I can't find anything any more that isn't made in China. We read articles about prisoners being harvested for body parts, mass pollution due to lack of regulations, their tech spies dissecting "our" technology so they can build knockoffs for cents on the dollar. They suppress human rights and democracy, and continue to fix their currency with ours.\n\nChina needs regime change.\n\nBut how do we support this without starting WW3?\n\nPersonally I think we need to start having some expectations from our number one trading partner. If they want our money they are going to need to play by our rules.\n\nBut another problem is, what are our rules? We seem to be the dirtiest bastards on the planet these days (and the days before these days).\n\nMy favorite is: Regime change starts at home.
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The big issue is freedom of speech and freedom of information.\nIn the United States, anyone is allowed to see or write essentially whatever they want.\nIn the privacy of their own home, Americans have no restrictions on what kind of content or news sources they can access.\nChina is very against dissent of any kind.  The government is worried that if the people are given unrestricted internet access they will be reading anti-government or anti-nationalist journals, newspapers, etc.  It also allows the people an (essentially) anonymous way to speak to each other rapidly.  \nSo right now companies like Google are starting to break into the Chinese market.  And Google seems to be bending to China's wishes to filter out content they don't want their people to be able to access.  A lot of Americans feel this kind of governmental control of information is unethical or even against the whole idea of the internet.
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Organisations such as Reporters Without Borders have made that accusation. However, Yahoo has denied it saying it "never releases information to the Chinese Government."
617816
Silly previous poster, fbi does not have a firewall here. He must be talking about communist china or something... You are out of luck
18369
It will take a while, but sooner or later Google will rule the world. Knowledge is power. Right now the Chinese are still in their internet infancy. They'll grow up eventually and realize that the only way to maintain in the global community is to know your friends and your enemies.
250513
well we both know since 911 a lot of changes have been made since big brother has no constitutinal obligations toward the spying on its own citizens. i suggest you do the right thing and tell the world what you know. remember, a man that stands for nothing will will fall for anything.the greatest thing a person can have is self sacrifice
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From the BBC news site:\n\nMedia watchdog Reporters Without Borders has accused Yahoo of providing China with information that helped to identify and convict two internet writers. \n\nLi Zhi was jailed for eight years in 2003, after posting comments that criticised official corruption. Writer Shi Tao was sentenced to 10 years in prison in April  2005 after criticising human rights abuses.
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The myth is the Israeli diplomatic corp.  It depends on what you would call intelligence.  Electronic eavesdropping/weather reports/fog of war/code breaking and the like would probably belong to the NSA.  For human intelligence it would actually be the Chinese.  They seem to easily find people that would betray their country and the FBI is full of Chinese moles.  The KGB was also a master of human intelligence.
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No, Yahoo is a publically traded company, so Yahoo is owned by its shareholders.\n\nOf course, some people in the CIA might own shares of Yahoo, so there's nothing that says that individuals in the CIA might not own a tiny fraction of Yahoo!
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I think that China is defending back its self now. The US has alwasys used such reports to manipulate other countries and force them to comply with its interests. Now China is no longer playing behind the scenes. I think the US will reconsider issuing these kinds of reports in the future because now the truth has been uncovered.  Democracy is not about eating hamburger and watching hundereds of T.V. channels. If you remember, a lot of fabrication went on in Bush's first period elections!!
757851
The internet can be both good and bad.. It just depends on how you, and others use it... What would you want to be safe about it.. Doesn't get much safer.. how many other ways can you look at a live webcam of china while you sit in your underwear..
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Well they bend over to China, and edit the Chinese Yahoo! website to the government's liking. Who's to say they aren't doing the same for other countries? the U.S. even?
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last century, they made it, idk if they know how to update it, nobody knows how except me, i am a master hacker that works for yahoo.com
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You said it, and mentioned the dangers and benefits for China.  They get the technology, and the jobs. Plus they don't allow much importing, unless some of the process is there.  The exception is raw materials.  They actually have the right idea.  Eventually US politicians are going to let everything leave the US, and we will loose in the long run.  One day, China will be the only super-power.  I just hope I'm gone before that happens.
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China will never assume the role of Big Brother. It is something that the US has push onto the international scene. That kind of attitude or approach is against traditional Confucianism. China will work with other major powers to influence other countries, it will never take the direct approach the US does.
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i don't know, but china is under communist rule, and i think it's corrupt and absolutely stupid...
605462
somebody has to do the dirty work for the administration... yes its true.. do you really think all of the ideas of this certain Leader in a computer company was his own? He just stole it by monitoring... in the Philippines, even the former president Fidel V. Ramos' Telephone were wiretapped... How much more we ordinary citizens!!?\n\n\n\nP.S i just added you to my watch list... i'm monitoring you now...hehehehehe