Leaked document reveals UK plans for wider internet surveillance

Re:Leaked document reveals UK plans for wider internet surve... by easilyBored on Friday May 05, 2017 @10:17AM (#14273572)

Apple stops iPhone sales to UK due to encryption backdoor requirement.

What would happen? Would the government back down? No doubt if Google, Microsoft and Google joined it would be easier. China wouldn't care but UK is different politically and much smaller to have it's own replacements.

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Re:Leaked document reveals UK plans for wider internet surve... by lostlogin on Friday May 05, 2017 @04:15PM (#14276520)

Ironic that if the big tech companies paid their taxes in the way the rest of us have to, they would have better leverage. Threatening to take millions/billions out of an economy probably gives some clout.

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Re:Leaked document reveals UK plans for wider internet surve... by gunnyguy121 on Friday May 05, 2017 @02:40PM (#14275784)

Google, Microsoft, and Google?

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Re:Leaked document reveals UK plans for wider internet surve... by easilyBored on Friday May 05, 2017 @04:31PM (#14276623)

Google's so big it needs to be mentioned twice :)

I meant Facebook. If they all stopped their UK services for a few days, they /us might win. FB + Google want to spy on us to sell ads, but I doubt they want the gov to do so. So we have a common enemy.

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