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Google China prototype links searches to phone numbers

Posted by demifiend
Tags: google, privacy, china, censorship, anonymity, safety, search engines, prototypes, rights.human, phone numbers, search results, phones.smart, author.ryan gallagher, source.the intercept
https://theintercept.com/2018/09/14/google-china-prototype-links-searches-to-phone-numbers/

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Authors
Ryan Gallagher
Published
Sep 14 2018
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600 words

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    teaearlgraycold
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    I would never have guessed they'd do this. But I'm not surprised. Does anyone know if circumventing something like Dragonfly's tracking technology would be illegal in China?

    Sources familiar with Dragonfly said the search platform also appeared to have been tailored to replace weather and air pollution data with information provided directly by an unnamed source in Beijing. The Chinese government has a record of manipulating details about pollution in the country’s cities.

    I would never have guessed they'd do this. But I'm not surprised.

    Does anyone know if circumventing something like Dragonfly's tracking technology would be illegal in China?

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    1. Exalt
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      The pollution thing reminds me of Running Man.

      The pollution thing reminds me of Running Man.

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