UK surveillance powers bill could force startups to bake in backdoors

Re:UK surveillance powers bill could force startups to bake ... by nomercy400 on Friday March 11, 2016 @05:41AM (#11265804)

I wonder how people in the UK will respond if, for example, Google, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft all decide to no longer provide their internet services in the UK. How long would this bill last?

Also, it's quite concerning that four US based companies could influence a country's policies so much.

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Re:UK surveillance powers bill could force startups to bake ... by verytrivial on Friday March 11, 2016 @07:21AM (#11266138)

I am non-UK citizen living in the UK. People will not respond. The government and business can literally do anything here regarding sharing of private data with whomever they chose and barring a few "miscreants trying to stir up trouble", the general population will bend over, twice if you say please. Mustn't grumble!

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Re:UK surveillance powers bill could force startups to bake ... by madaxe_again on Friday March 11, 2016 @07:29AM (#11266178)

Most folks in the UK support this bill, support the UK leaving the EU, support the scrapping of all human rights legislation.

It's a pretty regressive, insular country, ruled by fear.

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Re:UK surveillance powers bill could force startups to bake ... by s_kilk on Friday March 11, 2016 @08:28AM (#11266443)

Nitpick: many in England say they're in favour of leaving the EU, etc.

Polls show NI/Wales/Scotland quite strongly opposed to such silliness.

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Re:UK surveillance powers bill could force startups to bake ... by ZenoArrow on Friday March 11, 2016 @08:30AM (#11266455)

> "It's a pretty regressive, insular country, ruled by fear."

I don't think it's quite like that, I think the media here has played a toxic role in our society. Many people still believe the BBC is an impartial news source, that alone speaks volumes. There's a tabloid-led mentality that is pervasive, and debates of any substance are limited by that.

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Re:UK surveillance powers bill could force startups to bake ... by chei0aiV on Friday March 11, 2016 @05:49AM (#11265836)

IBM managed to convince Pakistan and India not to go to war!!

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Re:UK surveillance powers bill could force startups to bake ... by pritambaral on Friday March 11, 2016 @07:33AM (#11266201)

Uhh ... some source on that please? I couldn't find anything related

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Re:UK surveillance powers bill could force startups to bake ... by dogma1138 on Friday March 11, 2016 @08:48AM (#11266547)

Not sure why he credits only IBM but several large IT companies including IBM, Microsoft, HP, Dell and many others pressured the Indian government not to launch punitive strikes against Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks.

There was a very big fear that if India and Pakistan will go to war the global IT business would suffer greatly because of just how much of the global IT has been outsourced to India.

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Re:UK surveillance powers bill could force startups to bake ... by eni on Tuesday March 15, 2016 @01:44AM (#11287673)

Any references for this please.

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Re:UK surveillance powers bill could force startups to bake ... by eni on Friday March 11, 2016 @07:27AM (#11266162)

can you elaborate on how that happened and when?

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