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Re:China passes law requiring tech firms to hand over encryp... by TheSpiceIsLife on Monday December 28, 2015 @07:31PM (#10804369)
well-written specification

That may very well be the defining difference between the Chinese and Western-governments.

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Re:China passes law requiring tech firms to hand over encryp... by astrostl on Monday December 28, 2015 @08:13PM (#10804528)
"The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced." - Frank Zappa
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Re:China passes law requiring tech firms to hand over encryp... by enraged_camel on Monday December 28, 2015 @08:28PM (#10804593)
I think "selectively enforced" is a better way to put it.
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Re:China passes law requiring tech firms to hand over encryp... by slowmovintarget on Monday December 28, 2015 @09:28PM (#10804808)
No, Frank Zappa had it best. Your words may be more accurate but his words are better.
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Re:China passes law requiring tech firms to hand over encryp... by ekianjo on Monday December 28, 2015 @09:39PM (#10804850)
The point he was making was right. It's not randomly enforced at all, it's enforced only when it pleases the government.
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Re:China passes law requiring tech firms to hand over encryp... by dasil003 on Monday December 28, 2015 @11:16PM (#10805162)
But the government is not a single actor with agency, from the outside it might as well be random. +1 Zappa.
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Re:China passes law requiring tech firms to hand over encryp... by jackcosgrove on Monday December 28, 2015 @09:47PM (#10804881)
Salutary neglect is as old as the colonies, boy.
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