Google Search China: revelations about laughter and crying

Google is reportedly building a prototype which will link the searches of Chinese users of the service to their personal phone numbers.

Yes, it is the new search service that Google is preparing to comply with China's censorship requirements.

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The Intercept he says that Dragonfly a for Android, is a secret program that was revealed after a complaint last month, The app could be linked to a user's phone number, making it very simple to trace the individual searches of the service's users.

In addition to searching a hardcoded blacklist for the terms “human rights,” “student protest,” and “Nobel Prize,” Dragonfly's detection can also surface data processed by the Chinese government. So users could read completely differently for Chinese activist and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo.

Sources also told Intercept that "hardcoded" results apply to almost everything. This will make it possible to replace the weather and the effects of air pollution with processed data from China.

Google has not confirmed the existence of Dragonfly, although it has said that it is conducting "exploratory" work for a search service in China.

The above references have cause reactions inside and outside the company. About 1.400 Google employees have signed a letter requiring more information about the project. The Intercept he says that Google's senior researcher, Jack Poulson, has resigned for the project, indicating that there are a total of five workers left behind by Dragonfly.

Google left mainland China in 2010 when it discovered a phishing attack targeting human rights activists. The Chinese government has restricted the rights of internet users since 2010 and at the same time is extending a high-tech social control regime that includes "social loyalty" results and a sophisticated surveillance device to monitor Muslims in Xinjiang.

Let's say that even without linking a phone number with censored terms, searches on Dragonfly will not be safe.

Poulson expressed concern that user data would simply be hosted in China, meaning government agencies would be able to . However, the mentioned feature adds yet another layer of control and indicates Google's willingness to make surveillance much easier.
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Written by giorgos

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  1. I suggest taking a drop of blood to have a DNA database as well.
    Perhaps it was also a good idea to visit the local police station once a week and to sign a declaration of loyalty from internet users.

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