Jul 30 2008
What Goes Around… China Internet Control
With China cracking down on internet access during the Olympics, word has come out that they are now ordering hotels there to install their software that would allow authorities to monitor the internet use by visitors during the Olympics. That in and of itself comes as no real surprise. What is funny and ironic is that it was Sen. Sam Brownback, a Republican from Kansas, who decided it was his duty to warn people. Some officials are going so far as to tell US travelers to leave their laptops at home as it would mean their computers would be allowed to be spied upon in China.
Really? Funny how it’s wrong and evil when it’s another government doing it to US citizens but it’s perfectly fine (and supported by that same above mentioned Senator) when it’s the US government spying on it’s own people. How is what the Bush administration, with their wire-tappings, no fly lists and I am quite sure internet spying, ANY different from what China does?? It’s not. It’s just more of the ‘do as we say, not as we do’ policy of the Bush group.
