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Google Gives Free Security Keys to Activists, but Not If You’re in Iran or Syria
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- gnat 7y agoBuried in the middle: "The reason for limiting the distribution of the company’s tools, it appears, is due to embargoes with those countries, as well as exportation legalisation, which regulates the sale or distribution of certain technologies, including those dealing with cryptography."
- ajiang 7y agoExactly this. Huge repercussions from the US government, not some kind of nefarious political play by Google.
- acct1771 7y agoNote they're not saying much in protest of this mandate, though... Wonder if they're this quiet about Chinese relations?
- duxup 7y agoLet's say an individual still managed to get a key to someone in Syria, or Iran. Would google's services still work with that key even though Google presumably would know they have a key and their location?
- londons_explore 7y agoGoogle doesn't ban them. But not much internet works in Syria, and not many Google services are allowed in Iran.