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A long way? Real democracies do not spy on their people because it isn't a democracy anymore when you do. Whether that was always just a... well it is another m
by nthcolumn 10y ago
A long way? Real democracies do not spy on their people because it isn't a democracy anymore when you do. Whether that was always just a... well it is another matter. Business had a reasonable expectation of safe-passage. Who will want their traffic coming through the UK now? What multi-national/trans-national wants all their IP belong to the UK government? They will just go elsewhere. It's the economy stupid. Rudd is using the recent murders to her own twisted ends.
- toyg 10y agoOn the other hand: China.
- kbart 10y agoChina just reinforces the parent comment. How many online services do you use from China?
- toyg 10y agoChina is doing just fine, economically speaking. When they first implemented the Great Firewall, a lot of people predicted it wouldn't last under economic pressure. 20 years later, and it's still going strong. That was my point. The lack of adoption of Chinese services elsewhere has more to do with cultural and technological issues than anything related to censorship.