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Sen. Brownback Spotlights Chinese Order to Spy on Olympic Hotel Guests
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:51:27 -0500
I wonder what company is supplying this Chinese government spyware "software"? It seems like the spyware would have to be some sort pack-sniffer box that gets installed in a hotel and then periodically phones home with activity logs. I wonder also how room registration information is matched with Web surfing activities. Richard http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,393861,00.html WASHINGTON - Foreign-owned hotels in China face the prospect of "severe retaliation" if they refuse to install government software that can spy on Internet use by hotel guests coming to watch the summer Olympic games, a U.S. lawmaker said Tuesday. Sen. Sam Brownback, a Republican, produced a translated version of a document from China's Public Security Bureau that requires hotels to use the monitoring equipment. "These hotels are justifiably outraged by this order, which puts them in the awkward position of having to craft pop-up messages explaining to their customers that their Web history, communications, searches and key strokes are being spied on by the Chinese government," Brownback said at a news conference. A spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Brownback said several international hotel chains confirmed receiving the order from China's Public Security Bureau. The hotels are in a bind, he said, because they don't want to comply with the order, but also don't want to jeopardize their investment of millions of dollars to expand their businesses in China. The hotel chains that forwarded the order to Brownback are declining to reveal their identities for fear of reprisal. .
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