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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 Runaway1956 on Monday December 28 2015, @09:55PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday December 28 2015, @09:55PM (#281874) Journal

    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.

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  • (Score: 2) by gnuman on Tuesday December 29 2015, @01:09AM

    by gnuman (5013) on Tuesday December 29 2015, @01:09AM (#281925)

    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]