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Google Criticizes Vietnam's 'Net-Sniffing App
By: Chloe Albanesius
06.11.2010
Google on Thursday criticized a regulation recently enacted in Vietnam that will require retail Internet locations to install an app that Google said will allow the Vietnamese government to monitor and block Web access.
The decision, which was handed down April 26, affects Internet services at retail locations in Hanoi City. This could be Internet cafes, or any hotel, restaurant, office, airport, bus station, or other location that provides access to the Web.
To "guarantee system safety," retail Internet locations must install a copy of "Internet Service Retailers Management Software recognized by the authority," the order said.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2364950,00.asp
By: Chloe Albanesius
06.11.2010
Google on Thursday criticized a regulation recently enacted in Vietnam that will require retail Internet locations to install an app that Google said will allow the Vietnamese government to monitor and block Web access.
The decision, which was handed down April 26, affects Internet services at retail locations in Hanoi City. This could be Internet cafes, or any hotel, restaurant, office, airport, bus station, or other location that provides access to the Web.
To "guarantee system safety," retail Internet locations must install a copy of "Internet Service Retailers Management Software recognized by the authority," the order said.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2364950,00.asp