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Just When You Thought Things Couldn't Get Any Worse For Green Dam....

This is from the Financial Times:

US firm warns PC makers over Chinese software

By Kathrin Hille in Beijing

Solid Oak, the developer of one of the US' leading net nanny software products, has started legal action to stop HP and Dell from shipping PCs equipped with a Chinese censorship software that it alleges contains codes stolen from Solid Oak's products.

The company had sent “cease and desist” letters to HP and Dell warning them that they would face damages if they went ahead, said Brian Milburn, Solid Oak CEO, in a phone interview. “They will receive the letters today (Tuesday), and I hope to hear from them later today,” he said.

The rest of the story is here.

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  • 1

    Heh, honestly, I bet money that the POS malware/stolen code which is Green Dam will be quietly and totally dropped before a half year have passed.

  • 2

    That's great. More business for Chinese PC manufacturers.

    Since there is no way any US court judgement can be enforced in China, Solid Oak should just let China walk all over them.

    As long as the Green Dam developer get the money from the Chinese government, whatever happens will be all right. Will the Chinese government honor its contract ?

  • 3

    Question: When will there be a fake version of Green Dam ?

  • 4

    http://tinyurl.com/nbmvha

    The Chinese government is making a big mistake here. The first mistake it has ever made since the 1920's, when CCP was established. Chinese government should have make, not just the installation, but the unhindered operation of the software mandatory, with a compulsory 20 years of hard labor for anyone suspected of violating the rule. This software is provided for free for all Chinese to protect their children. Anyone suspected of violating such edict is suspected of hurting their own children and must be punished severely as an example to anyone dare to disagree with the government. The Chinese government shouldn't be afraid of the anger of it's own netizens. The Chinese military has already proclaimed that it is ready for any cyber attacks. China has also proclaim that it's own netizens do not have the technical capability to infiltrate and damage any foreign assets. Therefore, the Chinese military is certainly capable of handling any cyber attack on Chinese assets. As for physical attacks, the PLA has demonstrated to the world long ago that it has the might, the will, the aptitude, the commitment, and the authority to suppress by lethal forces any disagreement with the government.

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