Clash of the Titans: China vs Google
Unless you live in a cave, you probably know that much todo is being made over a recent “hacking” incident – China hacked into some dissidents’ Gmail accounts, and Google responded by threatening to pull out of China.
While a threat is not the same thing as an act (at least, in most countries..), this event does have some very real implications and is worthy of your attention. (For instance, it underscores the inherent fatal flaw of “cloud computing“.) The best article on this topic I found so far is by ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan.
Assessing Google’s showdown with China: Does it make sense?
“On the surface, Google’s threat to shut down its China operations after a cyberattack on its infrastructure looks like sheer business lunacy. How can the search giant give up on the world’s biggest growth market? It’s easier than you’d think.”
Please click here to read the entire item.
[note: For those who are curious, it is my humble opinion that Google absolutely has to learn from this attack; and do what ever it has to do to maintain its current level of user trust.]
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