Re-imagining

[Ralph Janke]

Well.. as you say, it is not necessarily a statement against China,
but in general one to be aware. I have seen Russian espionage before
and the USA is probably world champions in it.

Most of it is actually industrial espionage, and there is where the problem
starts. I have clients who trust that I will keep their information and 
particular trade secrets confidential. 

So, I am less concerned about if I am interesting or not, I have legal
obligations which force me to be careful in this matter. And a lot of employees
may have trade secrets from their employers on their computers and hence
should be careful too.

Ralph 
On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 01:57:50PM -0400, gord campbell wrote:
> You're just not that interesting Ralph, you have nothing to fear.
> [smile]
> 
> Since Canonical is doing business with China, the political implications
> might be considered on-topic for this list.
> 
> I've spent time in China. I wandered all over the city (Wuhan) with my
> camera, and never felt restricted. I browsed web sites from the homes of
> regular Chinese citizens, and never had one blocked. There's a lot of
> hysteria about China which is undeserved.
> 
> Yes, the government is working on ways to use the Internet as a weapon.
> So are the Chinese. [smile] I'm sure there is some truth to "the great
> firewall" and monitoring of citizens, but, really, all governments are
> doing those things. While text chats are easy to monitor, I think video
> is a lot more difficult.
> 
> Also thanks to Darcy for the mention of QQ under Wine. I have tried to
> follow that development; it's my (perhaps outdated) understanding that
> video doesn't work. When my wife chats with her grandson, video is kind
> of the point of the whole thing.
> 
> 
> 
> >For what it is worth, QQ is called by some as "a giant trojan horse" as
> >reported in
> >http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/14/china_enemy_internet_blue_coat_skype/
> >
> >So just to be on the safe side, if ever using one of such products, I
> >would safely
> >sandbox it in a way that it has no access to anything on my computer,
> >and use it 
> >only for things that are public anyway or I have no concerns if they
> >would become public.
> >
> >Just saying,
> >
> >Ralph
> 
> 
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