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China Passes Law Requiring Tech Firms To Hand Over Encryption Keys (betanews.com)
Mark Wilson writes: Apple may have said that it opposes the idea of weakening encryption and providing governments with backdoors into products, but things are rather different in China. The Chinese parliament has just passed a law that requires technology companies to comply with government requests for information, including handing over encryption keys.
Under the guise of counter-terrorism, the controversial law is the Chinese government's attempt to curtail the activities of militants and political activists. China already faces criticism from around the world not only for the infamous Great Firewall of China, but also the blatant online surveillance and censorship that takes place. This latest move is one that will be view very suspiciously by foreign companies operating within China, or looking to do so.
Under the guise of counter-terrorism, the controversial law is the Chinese government's attempt to curtail the activities of militants and political activists. China already faces criticism from around the world not only for the infamous Great Firewall of China, but also the blatant online surveillance and censorship that takes place. This latest move is one that will be view very suspiciously by foreign companies operating within China, or looking to do so.
Please stop being the UK govs role model...
Too late, they already passed CISA. America has already demanded the encryption keys as "information sharing."
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If Apple wants to continue selling devices in China (which is a needed market for Apple, as the US market is becoming saturated), then Apple will comply with the laws of China.
It's as simple as that.
Politicians in the U.S. and Europe will have no difficulty in, on the one hand, decrying this as an oppressive move by a non-democratic government while simultaneously, on the other hand, continuing to demand that THEY need exactly the same thing in order to combat terrorism.
#DeleteChrome