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China passes law requiring tech firms to hand over encryption keys (betanews.com)
22 points by osolo 3826 days ago
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ColinWright 3826 days ago
So many submissions, so little discussion. Are people not worried about this?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10799477 (2 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10799325 (1 comment)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10799070

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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10787571

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kbart 3826 days ago
I guess it's just nothing new/unexpected.
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nalck 3826 days ago
This is yet another reason why firms ought never hold encryption keys for customers in the first place. Tarsnap would seem unaffected by this law, for example.

Of course, there's a hundred other ways this type of legislation poses problems for an organization, not to mention society in general.

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philipov 3826 days ago
I was under the impression that laws that force firms to hand over encryption keys also force firms to keep encryption keys to be handed over.
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