diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc index a78dccf02..9520ef2d5 100644 --- a/README.adoc +++ b/README.adoc @@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ Don't you see that this is just pure and simple politics? And likely ineffective [[keyword-attack]] ==== Screen name keyword attack -Adding censored words to your username: https://stackoverflow.com/users/895245 +A keyword consists of adding censored words to your username: https://stackoverflow.com/users/895245 This only works on websites that show usernames everywhere. @@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ It is also possible to do it with images, although this is less effective in tak so maybe the most effective approach is to use both keywords and images to get the best of both worlds ;-) -This type of attack is essentially an <>. +This type of attack is essentially an <>, and it is especially effective in websites that contain valuable technical content, such as <> and <>. See also: <>. @@ -2280,6 +2280,10 @@ Random slangs of interest and related concepts: * https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/火星文[火星文] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_language[Martian language]). This figures for example in the language rules of the <> joke board: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/joke/M.1602005687.A.E4D.html (禁止使用簡體字、注音文、火星文、外國語言或其他無法直觀理解之內容作為文章主體). +Some useful slangs seen on the wild: + +* 敏感瓷: 敏感词 sensitive words, phonetic approximation + GitHub issue label: https://github.com/cirosantilli/china-dictatorship/issues?q=label%3Ai-know-slangs-i-smart+ [[vagina]] @@ -4595,7 +4599,9 @@ Unfortunately, it was found that the project could be used by malicious users to A few accounts were created by this pseudonym, e.g.: * https://github.com/zaohmeing/21-[]: https://github.com/zaohmeing/21-/blob/master/.gitignore -* https://github.com/zhaohmng/-21-[]: https://github.com/zhaohmng/-21-/blob/master/%231a.txt +* https://github.com/zhaohmng/-21-[]: https://github.com/zhaohmng/-21-/blob/master/%231a.txt The repository was deleted as of March 2021 +** Ciro's fork: https://github.com/cirosantilli/-21- +** archive from December 2020: https://web.archive.org/web/20201225094655/https://github.com/zhaohmng/-21- Much more sanely encoded/formatted/rendered versions can be found at: @@ -4609,6 +4615,10 @@ These repos attract a ton of <> on the comments, it is very impressive!!! * https://github.com/zhaohmng/-21-/commit/0cc2b2a546ad51fb360ba800c67b057ea3270869#commitcomment-47495235 * https://github.com/zaohmeing/21-/commit/42de05338193f39981b1a820873a990c959fd6ec#commitcomment-47392119 +https://github.com/zhaohmng/-21-/issues/416#issuecomment-784939665 "为什么这个屎一样的东西会出现在我个人主页左侧的repositories中，那里不是应该只有自己的项目才会出现吗？有办法屏蔽它吗？还是github故意的？" explains why so many people come comment in the repository: it is because it appears on the "Explore repositories" repository suggestions that show up on the side bar of your GitHub homepage. This also taught Ciro that repository descriptions can be really huge: they had pasted the entire text in there. + +Furthermore, Ciro later noticed that under GitHub's settings, there is a "Preferred spoken language" box described as "We'll use this language preference to filter the trending repository lists on Explore and our Trending Repositories page." Therefore, the secret to get lots of hits is to add Chinese programming keywords to the repository description string. + New issues: * https://github.com/zhaohmng/-21-/issues/533 "Thank you for this great repository. Human rights and freedom of speech are more important than money. github.com/cirosantilli/china-dictatorship" @@ -4621,7 +4631,6 @@ On top commented/liked issues: * https://github.com/zhaohmng/-21-/issues/319#issuecomment-784903480 * https://github.com/zhaohmng/-21-/issues/325#issuecomment-784922882 "看你发的“美中”而不是“中美”我就知道你TM是轮子" claims they are <> * https://github.com/zhaohmng/-21-/issues/346#issuecomment-784936138 "那么问题来了,为什么美国及西方和越南共产党亲近呢?" the US allies with Vietnam Communists for geopolitical reasons only, not because it has any ideology -* https://github.com/zhaohmng/-21-/issues/416#issuecomment-784939665 "为什么这个屎一样的东西会出现在我个人主页左侧的repositories中，那里不是应该只有自己的项目才会出现吗？有办法屏蔽它吗？还是github故意的？" explains why so many people come comment in the repository: it is because it appears on the "Explore repositories" repository suggestions that show up on the side bar of your GitHub homepage. The first is "21世纪新政宣言" (New System Declaration for the 21st Century). @@ -7252,6 +7261,16 @@ image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Li_Hongzhi_Buddha.jpg[height=400] .Dubstep <> can <> at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubstep[dubstep] speed. https://giphy.com/gifs/dubstep-gifs-dubstepgifs-xUOwFY1prqgUdPuFvW[Source]. image::{china-dictatorship-media-base}/Li_Hongzhi_dubstep.webp[height=400] +===== Xi Hongzhi and Li Jinping + +In an alternate reality, Xi Hongzhi, not to be confused with <>, is an obscure peasant trying to save his kingdom from oppression. + +And Li Jinping, not to be confused with <>, is an evil Qi Gong who uses his powers to rule over his kingdom ruthlessly, ridding it of non-believers. + +This meme would be offensive to both <> and <> believers. + +We are entering Encyclopedia Dramatica territory here. + ===== FLG is dangerous because Li Hongzhi has too much power over followers Ciro agrees that there is danger in every religion, and especially new religions. @@ -9001,7 +9020,7 @@ Online presence: Deleted some of his videos, so likely either legal or intelligence trouble. -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3hwdsbh6-M "I worked for the Chinese State Department – 中公教育党委 – offcn CCP Committee" (2020-08-21) is the most eyepopping video based on its description from http://web.archive.org/web/20201102122911if_/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3hwdsbh6-M&feature=youtu.be[archive] (video not visible, only description, likely CIA deletion request): +https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3hwdsbh6-M "I worked for the Chinese State Department – 中公教育党委 – offcn CCP Committee" (2020-08-21), previously titled "Working for the Chinese State Department" is the most eyepopping video based on its description from http://web.archive.org/web/20201102122911if_/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3hwdsbh6-M&feature=youtu.be[archive] (video not visible, only description, likely CIA deletion request): ____ Interviewing potential spies for for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, on behalf of 中公教育 (offcn) - a $30B+ company, funded and managed by the Chinese Communist Party. I worked there from 2019 to 2020. I have lived in China from 2014 - 2020, speak Mandarin Chinese, and am now blacklisted by the Chinese government - a badge of honor. @@ -10173,6 +10192,10 @@ Projects that attempt to understand how the Great Firewall works and what it blo It is also worth noting that as mentioned at <> that websites can become non-functional if CDNs they rely on are taken down, instead of the website being taken down itself. +News: + +* 2021-03-16 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/16/signal-blocked-china-encrypted-messaging-app "Signal: China appears to have blocked encrypted messaging app" + ====== Censorship monitoring tools on GitHub More interesting GitHub repositories: <> @@ -11295,6 +11318,18 @@ Or to Ciro's other online presences, due to China activity. For Zhihu backlinks, see: <>. +For lower profile links, see: https://github.com/cirosantilli/china-dictatorship/wiki + +* 2021-03-23 https://my.cscglobal.com/ to cirosantilli.com/china-dictatorship another compliance company, previous https://cms.securimate.com hits come to mind. China related articles: +** https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200728005641/en/CSC-Becomes-First-Foreign-Owned-Company-to-Receive-Domain-Registrar-License-in-China this company has some serious weight with Chinese regulators! +** https://www.cscglobal.com/service/webinar/china-web-policies/ talks mostly about ICP licenses +** https://www.cscglobal.com/service/webinar/china-ngo-law/ +** https://www.cscglobal.com/cscglobal/pdfs/DBS/CSC-Your-Brand-Secured.pdf features Jayce Yeo, and mentions social media management +** https://medium.com/@hackermaderas/the-beginning-of-one-hackers-thoroughly-referenced-evidenced-osint-investigation-of-clearview-ai-1aa2e9109492 has a technical analysis that points that CSC has links to Clearview AI, and seem to be front-companies +- 2021-03-08 https://us3124.scholar.eu.org to GitHub repo. Redirects to: https://www.library.ac.cn/ip.html?f=us3124 which is a 403 "Your IP is not allowed to visit this site. +This site is only available in Mainland China." The about of the blog leads to another domain: https://www.virtual.hk/author/ircli but both seem to be mirrors. The website is a Wordpress which contain images of certain plants under a microscope, and "ircli" is the author's username. +- 2021-02-21 and 2020-02-22: https://developer.aliyun.com/ to https://cirosantilli.com and https://cirosantilli.com/china-dictatorship The china-dictatorship landing pages had tracking queries leaked: `?spm=.14275010.0.0.60be9dc4PsRmA` and `?spm=a2c6h.14275010.0.0.60be9dc4vwIZTP`. The source domain is visible publicly and entitled 开发者社区 (Developer community) for Aliyun. Who knows, maybe Jack Ma's people are starting a full out revolt after he was put in jail! :) These tracking queries are added to every single one of their links, including outlinks, as can be seen at: https://developer.aliyun.com/article/616542 for example. Edit: noticed https://developer.aliyun.com/mirror/npm/package/china-dictatorship was removed, so that was it. +* 2021-02-18 https://cms.securimate.com securimate.com now redirects to https://steeleglobal.com "Your employees and business partners are confronted with ethical decisions every day that impact your company. To create a culture of integrity, you need to empower people to make the right choices. Steele partners with the world’s largest, most respected companies to deliver compliance products and services that help organizations embrace a culture of compliance while protecting their brand." Here we go. Securimate is a Texas-based acquisition apparently: https://www.planetcompliance.com/securimate/ Googling the company for China leads mostly to honorable anti-corruption and export compliance activityactivity e.g. https://steeleglobal.com/managing-third-party-vendors-china/ , nothing to do with brand protection of course, who would support a dictatorship to help their brand, right? * 2020-09-09 https://www.xataka.com/servicios/github-inesperado-ultimo-reducto-libertad-expresion-gran-firewall-que-pone-jaque-intereses-china "Github, el inesperado último reducto de libertad de expresión ante el 'Gran Firewall' pone en jaque los intereses de China", Spanish for "Github, the unexpected last stronghold of freedom of expression before the 'Great Firewall' puts the interests of China in check" basically talking about <>. Links to https://github.com/cirosantilli/chenmei-caiwei-ziyou under link text "Terminus2049" which is a bit misleading, could be a link mistake, led to 15 unique clicks. Contacted author at: https://twitter.com/cirosantilli/status/1307717620863467522 * 2020-05-23: traffic reached 3k views on that day, compared to a normal 150, but the number of individual users is the same as always. The accessed pages were only meta repo pages like "Issues", "Wiki", "Stargazers" so either of: ** someone attempted a baby DDoS with wget and a single IP @@ -11422,10 +11457,12 @@ In other sections: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/惡俗維基 -Mirror working as of 2021: https://esu.dog/ - Anti-<>, doxxing friendly wiki. +https://esu.dog/ is the mirror working as of March 2021. + +http://y2wam5fshij3arfjuxirusomu73b2joql524zpre3dhvxmlqw4srcuad.onion/ is a Tor Hidden service version of it working as of March 2021. It is linked to from: ttps://esu.dog/恶俗维基:透明度报告[]. + At some point they forbade discussion of politics there, likely due to some prosecution case, and officially forked into <>, where politics is encouraged, presumably under better opsec. [[zhina-wiki]]