The UK's Proposed Spy Law Would Force Apple to Secretly Hack its Phones Too

Re:The UK's Proposed Spy Law Would Force Apple to Secretly H... by mrweasel on Friday February 26, 2016 @03:46AM (#11180460)

>Then the public outcry would finally be enough to cause a repeal of the law.

If Apple pulls out, then maybe. If Samsung pulled all it's Android phones, some other company would just swoop in and replace them. You would end up with a marked filled with companies with no morals, who just do what ever the government asks, no questions asked.

You run the risk of companies that are actually trying to do the right thing going out of business, and you left with the ones with no morals. Apple might be a bit different, customers would complain bitterly if iPhones where no longer available in the UK.

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Re:The UK's Proposed Spy Law Would Force Apple to Secretly H... by X0Refraction on Friday February 26, 2016 @09:21AM (#11181467)

Being as Google have come out supporting Apple could they not just stop licensing Android/Google Play for sale in the UK? In fact Google actually have precedent for this when they stopped providing search in China.

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Re:The UK's Proposed Spy Law Would Force Apple to Secretly H... by barry-cotter on Friday February 26, 2016 @09:32AM (#11181526)

Google never stopped providing search in China. The Chinese government blocked them. Google pulled development from China because of all pervasive spying.

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