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Re: Chinese Internet cafes being forced to switch to Red Flag LINUX



On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 07:26:05AM -0600, bennett@xxxxxxxxxx wrote 0.8K bytes in 15 lines about:
:      I wonder what sorts of spyware the Chinese government has built into
: Red Flag LINUX that might affect tor or browser security.  See the article at
: 
: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081203/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_internet_cafes

While state surveillance is always a possibility, people in China tell
me this is more of a "not made here" push.  The idea is to use domestic
technology rather than foreign.  

-- 
Andrew