In these countries, access to the Internet is controlled by making ISPs liable for hosting illegal content. There already exist technologies designed to prevent the authorities from stopping material reaching individual Internet users. These include the Freedom Internet browser and Web sites like SafeWeb, although the Chinese government tries to restrict access to certain services including SafeWeb. Ian Brown, a computer security researcher at University College London, believes that Peekabooty could prove a success once restricted material gets past Chinese Internet border controls and reaches the first host. Brown adds that the use of this technology, coupled with the growth of services like SafeWeb may cause the Chinese government to think about controlling encryption further.
Different countries have different moral and cultural backgrounds.
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