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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.
http://betanews.com/2015/12/27/china-passes-law-requiring-tech-firms-to-hand-over-encryption-keys/
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(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday December 28 2015, @08:30PM
The MSM should be indicted along with those who commit the crimes. There is free speech, and there is irresponsible reporting.
So Reddit deleting some posts is outrage inducing. [soylentnews.org] But literally limiting the freedom of the press would be OK?
Well, you are consistant, at least. Just not in the way you probably think.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday December 28 2015, @09:00PM
Irresponsible, I said. There are any number of things that I CAN do, that I have a "right" to do - but sometimes exercising my rights is irresponsible, so I don't do those things. I CAN spend my weekends at a bar, and drink up a couple hundred dollars each week, but it's stupid, so I don't. The media CAN spend it's time publishing tabloid level bullshit in quest of ratings, but that is irresponsible as well. And, that makes the MSM as guilty as anyone for the next round of copycat killings.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday December 28 2015, @09:16PM
Irresponsible, I said.
No, what you said was "The MSM should be indicted along with those who commit the crimes."
in·dict
past tense: indicted; past participle: indicted
formally accuse of or charge with a serious crime.
"his former manager was indicted for fraud"
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday December 28 2015, @09:55PM
Yes, I am accusing them. They are responsible. That doesn't exactly mean that I am willing to allow government to censor the press. It does mean that if the press were composed of honest men and women, they would take responsibility, and they would stop running all that sensationalist shit that we see in the news.
(Score: 2) by gnuman on Tuesday December 29 2015, @01:09AM
If media could, they would have "How much do you love your kid?" show too,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Much_Do_You_Love_Your_Kid%3F [wikipedia.org]