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The government preference isn't important, citizen preference is. As to what they can do... it's a range from info to painful, but they can choose a range of o
by davidu 11y ago
The government preference isn't important, citizen preference is.
As to what they can do... it's a range from info to painful, but they can choose a range of options from serving up interstitials in a localized language that explains the issues, problems, and privacy and security implications... all the way to deny service.
If the citizens demand access to those services, or find it offensive that their privacy and security is being violated and circumvented, they will take action.
And these companies can help orchestrate, just as we did with SOPA/PIPA.
- minimuffins 11y agoYou're talking like Kazakhstan is a functional democracy. http://exiledonline.com/the-massacre-everyone-ignored-70-striking-oil-workers-killed-in-kazakhstan-by-us-supported-dictator/ http://exiledonline.com/the-massacre-everyone-ignored-70-str...
- stefantalpalaru 11y agoLet's not forget when they bossed around some Italian secret services, police and administration underlings to arrest and deport the wife and child of a Kazakh dissident: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d35c07c-e57f-11e2-ad1a-00144feabdc0.html http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d35c07c-e57f-11e2-ad1a-00144feabd...
- minimuffins 11y agoWow, didn't know about that. Thanks for the link.
- weland 11y ago> If the citizens demand access to those services, or find it offensive that their privacy and security is being violated and circumvented, they will take action. Hah, right. They'll just file a complaint to their ombudsman and the Congress will take care of it. No, this is Kazakhstan, not California. If citizens band up and demand something that the government is against, the police will crack down on their homes, arrest 15,000 people at random out of which only 10,000 or so will return to their homes (not necessarily alive), and the remaining 5,000 will rot in jail for high treason. And if they keep getting wise ideas, they'll send in the army.