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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 28 2015, @09:21PM
I'd take #5 as an indictment of totalitarianism. How do you get "partisan identity statement" out of that?
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Tuesday December 29 2015, @03:54AM
Because it's a framing that could, theoretically, be applied to any governmental action that doesn't actually tell you anything about them, but is nonetheless used as a central identity of a certain political party.
Arresting someone for murder? Yep, that's the state asserting its supremacy over murderers.
Taxation? Well, that's just telling people what to do with THEIR money.
Providing public schooling? Brainwashing
It's mindless blather and ought to be treated as such unless you've got a very good reason to assert it's actually relevant.