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Schneier on Security: Technology Shouldn't Give Big Brother a Head Start
- andrewcooke 17y agostrange this old article is on the front page; people might be also interested in http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1072995 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1072995 which takes this idea in a slightly different direction (ie big brother helps crooks) which was news to me (see my comment there).
- chrischen 17y agoI'm pretty sure the Green Dam is still withdrawn: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/16/AR2009081601697.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08... And apparently it was stolen technology from a US firm: http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/45303-us-firm-sues-china-over-green-dam-code http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/45303-us-fi... And of course said firm was cyber-attacked afterwards.