charliesmith

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   Microsoft removes censorship restrictions on new China version of Skype(en.greatfire.org)

   1 points by charliesmith 13y ago|0 comments
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   by charliesmith 13y ago

   No - they are losing market share in search (3%) and if they keep their current course will continue to lose. The opportunity here is to gain one billion customers (well, 600 million now), by freeing the internet in China and hence at least
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   by charliesmith 13y ago

   We are Chinese but we are now considering expanding.
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   by charliesmith 13y ago

   That is a valid point and past Google blog posts have alluded to this danger. I made this point in the longer blog post which appears on our web site, but not in The Guardian article. http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2010&#x
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   by charliesmith 13y ago

   We're not giving up anything of our own, but we really have nothing to give up. If Google ignores this and life goes on, life will go on for us, too. We will continue to do what we are doing. If I could do what we suggest Google does,
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   by charliesmith 13y ago

   In the past we have strongly suggested that all sites switch to HTTPS. If this happened on "World Global HTTPS Awareness Day", i.e., at about the same time, then I think China would be faced with some tough decisions.
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   by charliesmith 13y ago

   How about Amazon?
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   by charliesmith 13y ago

   You might be interested in the post we wrote about the Github MITM attack in China: https://en.greatfire.org/blog/2013/jan/china-github-and-man-...