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China passes law requiring tech firms to hand over encryption keys
- ColinWright 11y agoSo many submissions, so little discussion. Are people not worried about this? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10799477 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10799477 (2 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10799325 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10799325 (1 comment) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10799070 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10799070 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10798168 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10798168 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10787571 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10787571
- kbart 11y agoI guess it's just nothing new/unexpected.
- nalck 11y agoThis 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.
- philipov 11y agoI 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.
- godgod 11y agoIt's started. This will spread to the west.