Brazil court blocks Facebook funds over WhatsApp dispute

Re:Brazil court blocks Facebook funds over WhatsApp dispute by greiskul on Friday July 01, 2016 @12:30PM (#12017528)

But when you use that jurisdiction to order something that is literally impossible, you don't sound powerful, just stupid.

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Re:Brazil court blocks Facebook funds over WhatsApp dispute by toomuchtodo on Friday July 01, 2016 @12:47PM (#12017691)

But its not impossible. If you make decryption impossible, the law can require you to not make it so. If you're a commercial entity, and you don't follow the law, you can be dissolved.

This is XKCD 101: https://xkcd.com/538/

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Re:Brazil court blocks Facebook funds over WhatsApp dispute by outworlder on Friday July 01, 2016 @01:38PM (#12018100)

Except that Facebook is not a Brazilian company. They would just leave the country instead.

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Re:Brazil court blocks Facebook funds over WhatsApp dispute by sargas on Friday July 01, 2016 @01:58PM (#12018267)

And that's entirely possible.

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