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There won't be any reason for UK tech companies to do anything, because nobody is going to be buying that tech if it means its usage will be usurped by the UK g
by fit2rule 11y ago
There won't be any reason for UK tech companies to do anything, because nobody is going to be buying that tech if it means its usage will be usurped by the UK government for their own means. This assumed power - indeed, entirely imperial - of possession over items of trade means that you won't, actually, ever be able to buy something "from the UK". You'll be actually leasing it "From the Uk Gov't".
That is rather a huge show-stopper, for rather a lot of industry. Ownership matters.
- chris_wot 11y agoUm, they are just going to have to disclose their technology before it is released, not give up ownership.
- fit2rule 11y agoThe purpose of disclosing technology before release is so that the UK Gov't can plan and assess attack/intrusion measures before it becomes a mainstream/wide-spread product. Don't be so naive to think this is just an 'administrative procedure'. This is the UK Gov't - and its Customers - putting in the procedure for subverting any technology it wants.
- chris_wot 11y agoYeah, that's not good. However, what's to stop the UK government from doing this after the product is released? But yes, that sounds like one of the reasons they want the legislation. However, I think a stronger motivation is that they want to force the company to weaken their security and/or add a backdoor for government enforcement. So yeah, I wouldn't be buying any product from the UK that has anything to do with security.