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Maybe when they were part of the E.U it mattered what the U.K did but now they do not seem important enough to be able to dictate things on a global scale. Not
by wudangmonk 3y ago
Maybe when they were part of the E.U it mattered what the U.K did but now they do not seem important enough to be able to dictate things on a global scale. Not trying to put it down but do people worry about how Estonia's law will affect the rest of the world?. Nobody cares, because you are just not a big enough market to matter.
- jokethrowaway 3y agoI'd agree with you but all governments think alike and I'm sure this will reach the EU and the states (with whatever excuse they can think of)
- john_the_writer 3y agoYep.. This will be the test bed for it. See which companies bend the knee. Then hobble the others. Once this is done, they'll move the law around to other countries.
- kmlx 3y agohttps://fee.org/articles/australia-s-unprecedented-encryption-law-is-a-threat-to-global-privacy/ https://fee.org/articles/australia-s-unprecedented-encryptio... > The Australian government has passed a new piece of legislation that, at its core, permits government enforcement agencies to force businesses to hand over user info and data even though it’s protected by cryptography.