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Isn't this also pretty much the case with American companies? The only difference is that they need a warrant (which should be pretty easy to get). Anyway, the
by dependenttypes 7y ago
Isn't this also pretty much the case with American companies? The only difference is that they need a warrant (which should be pretty easy to get).
Anyway, there is a new bill trying to kill e2ee in America https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22202110 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22202110
- kelnos 7y agoYes and no. There are some specific carve-outs for telecom companies that their networks must have the ability to tap into specific traffic when a government agency comes knocking with a warrant. But, as you point out, backdoor-free e2e encryption is not yet illegal, and the US gov't can't force e.g. Apple to put a backdoor in iMessage or in iOS's device encryption. I expect that this is not the case in China; if the CCP tells a company to do something, anything, to allow them to spy on their users, they do it, or they get destroyed. Bills like the EARN IT Act scare the hell out of me, but at least there's a process by which it becomes law, and we can affect that process and (hopefully) kill it. That's just not possible in China.
- dependenttypes 7y ago> and we can affect that process In theory, in the same sense that one could influence what CCP does by becoming a member of it and rising through the ranks.
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- JonG123 7y agoWhy you gotta be so difficult?