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When You Use A Smartphone In China, You Agree Not To...
When US consumers purchase a new smartphone, be it Apple or any other brand, it is safe to say that nobody ever reads the Terms and Conditions of the user agreement for one simple reason: at well over 50 pages, and without anyone having gone to prison for failing to read it, it is considered a colossal a waste of time.
For Chinese smartphone buyers, however, the situation is quite different.
As the following snapshot shows, failure to not only read but abide by the very strict demands of any given user agreement may lead to harsh penalties, prison time, or even worse for infractions such as:
- Opposing the basic principles determined in the Constitution of the People's Republic of China;
- Endangering national security, leaking state secrets, subverting the government, and undermining national unity;
- Harming national honor and interests;
- Inciting ethnic hatred or ethnic discrimination, and undermining national unity;
- Undermining national religious policy, promoting cults and superstitions;
- Spreading rumor, disturbing social orders, undermining social stability;
- Spreading obscenity, pornography, gambling, violence, murder, terrorism or instigating others to commit crimes;
- Insulting or slandering others, infringing upon the legal rights and interest of others;
I got a new phone, and this is why you should read your "user agreement" pic.twitter.com/8tnD4DrDbE
— Susan Ramsay (@YPsue_ramsay) October 6, 2015
It was not immediately clear what the punishment was for the first instance of terms and conditions violation; or the last one.
h/t @YPsue_ramsay
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Sounds like apple/google/ms terms.
All your Smartphone are belong to us.
Whats the point of having a smart phone if you can't use it for anything?
But if you can prove the gvt is on the wrong side of nature, skys the limit.
Well many of those stipulations will rule out the ZH mobile app.
All that market share forgone.
Wait!! I thought the article title said when puchasing a smartphone in the USSA.
It's the greatest threat global security has ever faced. EMP ATTACK!
All the weapons in the world won't matter once this small army kick into gear!
http://motivationdose.com/electromagnetic-pulse-attack-emp-blackout-usa-...
"infringing upon the legal rights and interest of others;"
"Interests", that is VERY broad.
sounds like its legal to send videos of your cat to your friends - what else is there ?
After hearing this i'd rather to keep my sperm.
No, the Chinese terms are honest if suppressive. The terms and conditions you'll find for Apple etal are basically your signing away your rights in the most destructive way possible with lawyer speak of the most opaque kind. But not to worry, TTP will make it MUCH worse....
when you make smart phones in China, you agree to be a slave for life and to not commit suicide... in case you can't live with those terms, we have nets installed for your convenience...
Well of course. Thats the governments job. Cant be stepping on those toes.
Yep, the US government does all those daily. Without the need for a cell phone.
This will all be "law" under TPP.
Trade agreement, Drafted 5 October 2015
Brunei
Chile
New Zealand
Singapore
Australia
Canada
Japan
Malaysia
Mexico
Peru
United States
Vietnam
From wikipedia:
Other countries and regions interested in TPP membership include Taiwan,the Philippines, Laos,Colombia,Thailand, and Indonesia. According to law professor Edmund Sim, many of these potential countries would have to change their protectionist trade policies in order to join the TPP. Other potential future members include Cambodia, Bangladesh and India.
The most notable country in the Pacific Rim not involved in the negotiations is China. According to the Brookings Institution, the most fundamental challenge for the TPP project regarding China is that "it may not constitute a powerful enough enticement to propel China to sign on to these new standards on trade and investment. China so far has reacted by accelerating its own trade initiatives in Asia." However, China may still be interested in joining the TPP eventually.
crickets
Doesnt that mean ZH cannot be read in China?
Sorry Tylers, no Chinese love.
As of last summer, suprisingly, ZH was still not blocked in China.
Cause they get a laugh out of out frequent "Sum Ting Wong" joke
Or it's my avatar.. I dunno..
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Why would it be blocked? The Chinese Gov needs to keep an eye on their troll network for payment purposes of course...
I don't think ZH can be read in China, smartphone or not.
Yours truly logs into ZH every day from wherever I am in China, usually Qingdao.
All the Zionist websites are blocked:
Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, Bloomberg, etc.
Doesn't affect me. Helps the bandwidth.
What is their punishment for infringing upon those terms against the user?
Those people can have a great time with their new phone, singing the Chinese national anthem to all their friends!
<and that's about all>
"On Monday, October 12, you called Won Phat Ho and discussed carnal subject!"
"No, no, honorable sir, I asked for Ho's recipe to make cookies for the Party Boss!"
"Ah so, where is my cookie?"
"Uh, uh,...."
"Shoot this treasonous pig!"
No spreading pornograhy? What are Chinese dudes gonna due when they have to fire off a couple of knuckle missles?
China's govt. caused one child policy which has left many men without girlfriends/brides. It seems the least the government could do is go give these men some relief with a few porn sites.
/S
Prostitution, although illegal, is everywhere. KTV (karaoke) clubs seem to be on every block. They all supply girls to party with you. You can take them home for a fee. Also, there are millions of escorts on the Internet and in hotel bars. Taxi drivers and hotel clerks are very informative. If you are a single man staying at most hotels, you get a phone call in your room or a knock on the door from an attractive woman with an offer of companionship. There are a lot of "hair salons" and "massage parlors" that don't cut hair or give massages. In Hong Kong, prostitution is legal, and beautiful women are looking for you.
There are better alternatives than knuckle missiles.
I think it is one of those boiler plate warning things. Join any forum or discussion site in the US or any other place and you get more or less similar terms and conditions. The porn spreading thing is exempt in porn forums I guess.
There is a porn forum? What the fuck am I doing here then?
Don't know man. I only come here when /b/ is pure shit.
/b/ is always pure shit. Its just that sometimes its shittier than other times. I do enjoy shooting holes in idiots arguments that are posted on /pol/ however.
They would have to problem throwing you in prison and using you as an organ donor.
And here all you have to do is think...
I never wanted my cell phone, but my wife insisted for my and our kids' safety when I'm driving, and as a leash (my assessment). If terms ever came into existence like these, I'd cancel my plan and smash the phone.
No wonder the progressives are druling over big brother's rules of engagement
o's get a phone and a pen
da
oh I forgot
our gub loves your cell
it's the easy and fast way to
give us, what china's got
It means anybody with a smartphone is a terrorist. And can be arrested at anytime...
I didn't see any of these on MY agreement when I was over there this last time.
Then again, I don't read Mandarin, either.
My friend brought me a stupid little "dumb phone" that rang out an obnoxious snippet of Chinese opera every time it rang. Everyone around me would snicker.
Speaking of cell phones in China, I was on the train to Dandong (across the river from the DPRK, and a super, fun fascinating place to visit), and I had three cell phones stashed in my hoodie, which was on the shelf above the head of a hapless passenger. I reached above him to grab it, and TWO of the cell phones fell out of the pocket, and hit the poor fellow right on the noggin'! Aghast, I covered my mouth and exclaimed, "Dui bu qi! Dui bu qi!" ("I'm sorry!"). He looked at me, noticed I was a foreigner, got a big old grin on his face, looked over at my traveling companion / translator, and asked him, "What country is your friend from?"
You can do anything you like with your phone in China as far as I know. Even in the US, if you'd better watch out if you do wikileaks type of things with you smart phone
If Facebook is blocked in China, how are there 100 million FB users there -- they can't all be in Macau or Hong Kong?
Proxy servers
You can do anything you like with your phone in China as far as I know. Even in the US, if you'd better watch out if you do wikileaks type of things with you smart phone
The organ harvesters activities are not surprising but I am more worried about us. If the economy collapses and disturbance flares up or we go to war with Russia how likely is it that people who speak against corruption will become familiar with the black bag job?
If one remembers the last time we had a world war Japanese Americans were rounded up just on the suspicious that they may be anti-war or foreign agents which in most cases was completely ludicrous.
We should probably just start taking a head count now. Just think, if full on Stalin goes down we could listen to all of the brain deaders talk about how you don't have anything to worry about as long as you never question the authorities. That in itself would be worse than death.
Looking through the list, Obama is mighty lucky not to live in China!
But in China you can take a selfie of yourself going poop on the street. Freedom to poop anywhere? Yes, long live China!