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RE: The Great Digital Wall of China
The Chinese government is not a democratic one and they don’t pretend to be. Hence, they will try to control the narrative that enters and leave (even democratic governments do to an extent more than we would want to believe)
I tried to use a Chinese payment service recently since I live nearby and was alarmed by the amount of private information they required - I aborted that mission. Big brother is always watching even in the so called democratic countries that we live in. Can we do anything about it? We’d be surprised how much Facebook tracks our online activities even when we are not using Facebook. I guess we could just not use technology 🤷🏿♂️
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It's worrying, don't you think?
I can’t say that I am particularly worried- The Chinese people know they are being watched and we know that if we use platforms made my said authorities they are probably watching us. Do we have anything to hide ? Don’t get me wrong , people should be free to do what they want as long as these things are within law. However , it is what it is and only the people primarily affected have the power to change that system so worried would be a strong word. I’m more concerned about the countries that say they are not watching their citizens and go to extreme lengths to snoop on people who are not suspected of committing any crime. Since we know these things we should be cautious about what we do on the WWW.
If we worry about everything we cannot enjoy this life.
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We are all being watched in some way. But that is not the point.
The issue in China is the ban.
Not using technology isn't really going to change that much @missaj since we're surrounded by people who do.