Google's China-approved Web service omits politically sensitive information that might be retrieved during Internet searches...
Anybody know how this works?
Would someone in China get the same results and be able to access Jingjing and Chacha...?
Friday, June 09, 2006
A Crack in the Wall?
Anybody know how this works?
Would someone in China get the same results and be able to access Jingjing and Chacha...?
My guess would be that Google is filtering based on the requester's IP address as they are assigned regionally. If based only on the localized Google search page, all someone in China would have to do is use the .com page.
ReplyDeleteStill the IP address can be "faked" by using a proxy server located in an uncensored country, to Google it would look like the request was originating from the proxy. Even better would be to use an encrypting proxy such as a combination of Tor and Privoxy. Given recent revelations WRT scanning of net traffic, everyone should be encrypting all internet usage, including email.