The Green Dam, China‘s attempts to block access to porn on the Web is definitely a big threat to user privacy. It has already been delayed for some reasons, especially those associated to shortcomings and its inability to work on 64- bit OS. This means it is not supported on the Macs, of course this lack isn’t something that will last forever and will soon have support for it as well. While it may sound offending or interfering with user privacy, many PC manufacturers have agreed to demands by the country, which means Macs will soon follow.
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July 1st came and went, no walls were raised, no dams created and we thought that China had given up Green Dam, we were wrong. The government announced that they have only postponed the program for an indefinite period. This means you can enjoy PCs that don’t come fed with what Web sites to block when you buy them as had been proposed by officials in China. However many PC manufacturer, which include Acer, Haier and Benq have accepted the proposal and will build PCs that have Green Dam with the systems. Sooner or later, it’s going to be there filtering content automatically. Is there any John Connor to rise above the Green Dam and actually save it from happening?
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