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posted by CoolHand on Monday December 28 2015, @06:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the big-brother-in-action dept.

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 opinionated_science on Monday December 28 2015, @09:20PM

    by opinionated_science (4031) on Monday December 28 2015, @09:20PM (#281847)

    Or do things like this make me thing they are panicking?

    Or is it totalitarian power loss anxiety?

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Monday December 28 2015, @11:33PM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Monday December 28 2015, @11:33PM (#281900) Journal

    They want a chilling effect on encryption. Discourage wide spread use of encryption capable of resisting surveillance and even lawful warrants. Keep close tabs on the remaining users.

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