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more on China filtering SMS messages


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 13:50:47 -0400



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From: Marc Aniballi <marcaniballi () hotmail com>
Date: July 3, 2004 12:36:38 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: RE: [IP] China filtering SMS messages

Hi Dave;

This reminds me of the attempts several years ago by Etisalat in the UAE to
stop "rude" conversations on SMS. It was a joke, because as soon as the
"kids" figured out that there was a filter, they developed their own version
of Arabic, using western character sets! - The filters saw nothing but
unintelligible strings of "English" and communication continued unabated and
uncensored.

Regards,

Marc Aniballi
"The street always finds a way"

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