Google’s years-long spat with Beijing just began a new chapter. The company has begun encrypting searches made by people in China, where Google has long run afoul of regulations designed to keep a tight lid on searches deemed inappropriate. Google’s encryption of searches in China reportedly will prevent the “Great Firewall of China” from detecting when users search for terms like “Tiananmen Square” or “Dalai Lama.” China could just out and block Google altogether, but short of doing that, likely will have trouble controlling Google searches.
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Google Now Encrypting Searches in China
Posted by: David Vranicar March 14, 2014 04:15 PMGoogle’s years-long spat with Beijing just began a new chapter. The company has begun encrypting searches made by people in China, where Google has long run afoul of regulations designed to keep a tight lid on searches deemed inappropriate. Google’s encryption of searches in China reportedly will prevent the “Great Firewall of China” from detecting when users search for terms like “Tiananmen Square” or “Dalai Lama.” China could just out and block Google altogether, but short of doing that, likely will have trouble controlling Google searches.