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Chinese Police Get Power To Inspect ISPs (scmp.com)
China has issued a new regulation setting out wide-ranging police powers to inspect internet service providers and users, as the government tightens its grip on the country's heavily restricted cyberspace. Local media reports: Under the new rule, effective from November 1, central and local public security authorities can enter the premises of all companies and entities that provide internet services and look up and copy information considered relevant to cybersecurity. The regulation was issued by the Ministry of Public Security last month and released on its website on Sunday. It comes more than a year after a controversial cybersecurity law was introduced that has caused widespread concern among foreign companies operating in China. Despite its broad scope, the legislation gives few details about implementation, making it all the more difficult for companies trying to avoid its repercussions. Analysts said the new regulation sheds some light on how the law will be implemented. "That's obviously how Chinese laws go. First there is a big concept, then there is a sweeping law, and then implementing regulations will come in to flesh out the details," said William Nee, a China expert with Amnesty International.
The only surprise here is that they didn't already have the ability.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
considering the U.S. government has had this for a decade already, if not more, and can literally tap into any ISP, if you recall some of the NSA revelations in the last few years. But ofc when China can do it now, they go wild with their "police state" accusations.
I wish people would stop using this term. It's giving our policing organizations raging erections.
In all but some societies under martial law, such powers are reserved for the courts.
Have gnu, will travel.
I know this is about government abuses and the like here, but I would support more power of law enforcement to go after registrars (with a warrant, of course - not just on a whim). The companies that make the most money off of spamvertising - if you discount the spammers and the spambot armies themselves - are the domain name registrars. They are one of - if not the - most critical component in the chain of actually making money off of spam. Without a registrar, a spammer can't obfuscate the address of the spamvertised domain, and can't move it around when an ISP cracks down on their server. The registrars themselves have been playing hide-and-seek with domain owner information for years now, making it increasingly more difficult to figure out who owns the domains that are sending spam and directing spam business to. The registrars are happily spread all over the world (including plenty in foreign countries that don't give a shit about complaints from Americans) which means you need Interpol to get anything done (good luck with that!).
If we could get some ability to go after the registrars - and don't let them pretend they don't know what's going on or that they somehow aren't making bank in the process - we could have a useful tool towards slowing down spam. Instead, ICANN and the like have moved us in exactly the opposite direction.
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
It's someone making fun of Trump supporters. "power to inspect there algoritms"? Yeah, this is something that comes up in normal folk speak.
Why are we even talking about this?
China is a sovereign country and it can do whatever it wants to do.
That's true of the Google story, as well.
It doesn't matter what China wants to do as long as capitalists can find a way to monetize it.
Hell, give out personal data as a promotional item.
Bribe the uppers.
Whatever it takes to make a buck.
Americans can't even protect its students, for crying out loud.
Physician, heal thyself.
It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.
... country and America has a sexual predator as a leader.
Who's throwing stones?
It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.
That's easy: Anonymous Coward. Like, duh.
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With states like california and new york and there liberal biased companies like google and amazong hurting regular ever day americans who happen to have conservative views we need to have a way to fight them back. Many people I talk to say it would be great to get law enforcement the power to inspect there algoritms for bias and to fine them if they are censoring conservative speach.
Troll botspeak if there ever was. Back in the USSR, troll,,,
Are ready to help and support all decryption requests.
Welcome to investing in Communism.
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"