John Markoff of the New York Times discovered more information about the attacks on Google that precipitated the company’s retreat from China. In “Cyberattack on Google Said to Hit Password System” he writes that: …a person with direct knowledge of the investigation now says that the losses included one of Google’s crown jewels, a password [...]
If the rumors and speculation are correct, Google.cn may shut as soon as this week. Most pundits will likely praise Google for staring down the Chinese government and choosing “doing good” over “doing evil”. To help Google shareholders and the rest of the world better understand this decision (assuming it occurs of course), would Google [...]
The Financial Times reported Saturday that Google is “99.9 percent certain” that it will shut its China search engine at Google.cn. It has been eight weeks since Google said it would no longer censor search in China. The Chinese government has handled this much better than expected given, from their perspective, Google’s very public provocation. [...]
Today’s New York Times has a long and interesting piece by Markoff and others on US preparedness for cyberwar–In Digital Combat, U.S. Finds No Easy Deterrent. As usual anything by Markoff is a good read. I want to focus on several points in the article relating to Google ($GOOG) and China. I believe the points [...]
Secrectary of State Hillary Clinton is delivering a speech in which, according to the Wall Street Journal, she will announce that “the U.S. plans to make unrestricted access to the Internet a top foreign-policy priority.” I think it is wonderful that the U.S. will push Internet freedom globally. But the timing could probably not be [...]
Right now I don’t have much more to add to the discussion of Google’s decision to no longer play by the PRC’s rules, and all the implications that decision may have for many US firms in China. When the dust settles I will try to write something intelligent. In the meantime, without intending to be [...]
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