China’s Tech Generation Finds New Chairman to Venerate

Lashawn Robinson

China’s Tech Generation Finds New Chairman to Venerate

• Since the death of chairman Mao Zedoug, A new chairman has come to represent Chinese youth, the chairman of Microsoft Bill Gates.

• Bill gates has become the new idol of youths across China.• Books by Microsoft's chairman are massive best sellers across

China.• The Chinese edition of Gates The Road Ahead was one of the

most successful books in Chinese history.• Gates has given $ 30 billion to bring computers and health

care to the rural areas of China.

China’s Tech Generation Finds New Chairman to Venerate

• China’s internet population jumped by 23% to reach 130 million people in 2006, but nine – tenths of China’s 1.3 billion citizens are still on the dark side of the digital age.

• Gates outlined his goal to extend internet access to beyond the globes 1 billion online elite.

• The people of china feel that Gates should win The Nobel Peace Prize.

• There was a survey done in the U.S that asked where the next Bill Gates will come from. 60% of the U.S. said Asia.

• China believes that the clone of Gates will come from China.

Questions• T/F

China’s internet population jumped by 25% to reach 130 million people in 2006, but nine – tenths of China’s 1.3 billion citizens are still on the dark side of the digital age.

Answer: False (23%)

• Who is the new Chairman of China?A. President ObamaB. Donald TrumpC. Bill GatesD. Bill Cosby

Answer: C (Bill Gates)

New Tech, Old Habits

Alyse Sexton

New Tech, Old Habits• In these countries if your not in the office, your boss assumes

your not working. These places stress on the fun factor because they are tired to their desk day and night. They also fear that sending working home with their laptops could send valuable information astray.

• Samsung Electronics and LG workers must get permission to take laptops out of the office

• While cell phones now have web pages and can send emails, getting into corporate networks is complicated. Yet employees are still rarely aloud to leave the office with work.

New Tech, Old Habits (cont.)

• Despite fast wireless and broadband networks. Korean and Japanese companies aren’t getting the most out of technology.

• Why? – Smart phones are viewed as toys more than tool. – Companies worry that laptop-toting computers

could misplace sensitive data

New Tech, Old Habits (cont.)

• Studies show American trains are packed with business people tapping their blackberries or Treos, squeezing a few extra minutes into their work days. In Tokyo or Seoul, commuters stare intently at their cell phone screens, but they’re usually playing games, watching video clips, or sending pictures to friends. While U.S. carriers companies fight to have the highest internet and more efficient. Asian companies tend to stress the fun factor.

Questions

• Why can’t workers take their work home in Asia? 1. Their boss is no fun2. Employers don’t want information leaked out3. Employers only want employees to work at the office

• True or false Companies focus more on fun in the U.S. than

business service?

Iran’s Twitter Revolution? Maybe Not Yet

By: Shaun Spreen

Summary

• People accused Twitter of being the cause of riots in Moldova

• Riot caused because the supposed “front runner” in the election lost.

Theory Disproven

• Most of the users “tweeting” about riots were nowhere near Moldova

• Most effective planning is by word of mouth or use of cell phones

Political Outcome

• Mousave was digital front runner.– Magnified to the rest of the world because of social

network support– Appealed to urban population (people with access to

twitter)

• Ahmadinejad had most rural support and used news papers to campaign.

Quiz Time!!!

• Q:Which social networking site was said to have been the “fuel to the fire” that was the Moldova riots?– Answer: Twitter

• T/F: Most of the riot planning was done using Twitter.– Answer: False

The List: Look Who’s Censoring the Internet Now

Andrew Stoffel

Countries Using Censorship

• Countries other than China and Iran are becoming known for censorship– Australia, France, India, Argentina, South Korea

• Using new censorship laws to target most of the major issues:– Terrorism, child pornography, file-sharing, political

radicalism, celebrity dirt, propaganda• Variety of things being targeted depending on the

country

What’s Being Targeted?

• Australia– Focused on targeting child pornography and

terrorism. – In 2009, a list of 2,935 sites were leaked by

anticensorship site Wikileaks and revealed things such as online poker, Satanism, and euthanasia.

– Seemingly uncontroversial site Queensland dentist’s office was also included

What’s Being Targeted? (cont.)

• France– Targeting file-sharing– Would deny access to the internet for those

repeatedly caught illegally downloading content• South Korea– Targeting North Korea propaganda– Blocked as many as 120,000 sites from a

government blacklist

What’s Being Targeted? (cont.)

• India– Targeting radicalism and terrorist tools– Have shut down Hindu nationalist groups and

other radical groups on social networking sites– Google Earth was targeted after 2008 Mumbai

terrorists were revealed using it. The motion was ultimately thrown out.

What’s Being Targeted? (cont.)

• Argentina– Targeting celebrity dirt– A judge ruled in the favor of soccer legend Diego

Maradona and 70 other celebrities against Google and Yahoo! for claiming their names were being associated with pornography or libelous sites

– This is like suing a newspaper for its content

Questions

• T/F– Queensland dentist’s office site was banned for

unknown reasons in Australia?• How many sites are reportedly blocked in South

Korea?A. 3000B. 120,000C. 240,000D. None of the above

Dissent Made Safer: How Anonymity Technology Could Save Free Speech on the Internet

By: David Talbot

Sarah Taylor

Tor

• Open-source Internet anonymity system--one of several systems that encrypts data or hides the accompanying Internet address, and route the data to its final destination through intermediate computers called proxies

• Makes it impossible to track who is actually using the site

• Allows users in countries to speak or read freely online

Neutral Nodes

• Tor uses address information to build a circuit of encrypted connections through relays on the network

• Tor began as military research ( US Naval Research)

• IP addresses could be linked to physical locations and the military did not want others to know their location (for example hotels, and .gov)

Neutral Nodes Cont..

• Two men saw the potential of the program to help web surfers privacy

• 1st public version for anyone who cared to install it, although it was very technical

• Original goal was to provide tools for Americans and Europeans to keep info safe from corporations

• 2006-Torbutton, turn Tor on and off easily (when on computer runs very slow, when off much faster)

Global Spread

• Syria (Internet Repressor)– Hunts down bloggers• Tariq sentenced to prison for 3 years for dwindling the

national feeling– Blocks many sites• Facebook, YouTube, Skype

– Use Torbutton to access these sites or anonymously post blogs

Global Spread Continued

• China– Most sophisticated internet filterer of the world– Block IP addresses, domain names and web pages

with certain key words• Mauritania– State censorship– Nasser Weddady (now living in Boston) translated Tor

manual into Arabic• Government stopped filtering (realized couldn’t disrupt

communication)

Bridging Tor’s Gaps

• Program is not perfect– Tor publishes everything about its workings, including the

addresses of its relays. (Government could obtain list of addresses and block)

– Also makes using internet slow (10 x longer)– Biggest problem: only few have access to this tool

• Trying to create “bridge notes” a constantly changing list of IP addresses through which people can reach main network of relays

• Users let their computers serve as a bridge for others– One last possible issue: could protect distributors of child

pornography

Questions

• Tor helps protect privacy by using government sites as proxies or bridges. (True or False)

• Which country is know as the most sophisticated internet filterer?– A. United sates– B. Mauritania– C. Syria– D. China