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I'm pretty sure if Congress passes legislation mandating it they can influence plenty of non-American businesses by withholding their ability to do business in
by IBM 11y ago
I'm pretty sure if Congress passes legislation mandating it they can influence plenty of non-American businesses by withholding their ability to do business in the US.
- gboudrias 11y agoThereby gaining... what exactly?
- IBM 11y agoLaw enforcement access in exchange for access to the biggest and wealthiest market in the world.
- throwaway2048 11y agoIf they don't buy American products? I don't think so.
- IBM 11y agoDo any of those businesses want to sell their products to Americans? Maybe they can sell different SKUs with those capabilities but they'll have to do it for every market they sell to because the US won't be the only government that will want backdoors.
- pjc50 11y agoIndeed. This already works the other way round: companies selling into China have to comply with their "great firewall" requirements.