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Originally Posted by Maggie Leung
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While I wasn't aware of the Kindle's 3G affect vis-a-vis the Chinese Firewall, I think that particular article was a typical case of a media tempest in a teapot. In the overall scheme of things, the number of Chinese citizens buying Kindles off auction sites must be minuscule; those subsequently using them to circumvent the firewall way beyond that. It probably wasn't so much "overlooked" as it was deemed a problem too small to need fixing.
There are much easier ways to circumvent the firewall. I set up a vpn through a proxy service a couple of years ago; it's so transparent I'd completely forgotten I was using it until I read a comment about China blocking Youtube. "What? No they ... oh, that's right."
I suspect with the Kindle now selling directly in electronics venues across China, the number of Chinese Kindle users will pick up dramatically. Of course, those Kindles are jailbroken using the duokan alternative firmware; I'm not sure what, if anything, that does to the Kindle's 3G access.
Now
that's an interesting question: is Whispernet about to be overrun with unauthorized graymarket Kindle users?
[EDIT]: Apparently, Duokan doesn't support 3G -- yet. So Whispernet's safe for now.
--Nathanael