The Island of Logic

Now first of all, was there any doubt before this evidence came out that this Chinese Gymnast was not 16. I mean come on, if He Kexin is 16 then I’m 57.

Stryde Hax, a security expert for the Intrepidus Group, using some of the techniques of Johnny iHackStuff (His techniques have been of great use to me in the past) found some cached information on the Internet, that China had somehow forgot to purge, that indicated that He Kexin was only 14 instead of 16. As he delved into the cached information and published his findings on his blog the information started to disappear under his nose. I find this to be the most disturbing fact about this incident. Yes, by cheating China stole a Gold Medal from the US’s Nastia Liukin on the uneven bars and thats bad, but the fact that China has the ability to purge cached information from the Google and Baidu’s search indexes is extremely disturbing. This is just another example of how important freedom of speech and the press is, and how a closed communist society tries to control their populace. China makes Joseph Goebbels look like a 6th grade school girl.

Fox News Story: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,407803,00.html

Stryde Hax’s Blog Article: http://strydehax.blogspot.com/2008/08/olympic-hacking-part-ii-lets-go-for.html

Trackback URI | Comments RSS