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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by secondcoming on Friday August 07, 2020 @04:50AM (#24079809)
you left out the parts about having to operate via a chinese 'partner' and having to transfer your IP to that partner (full source code)
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by ptx on Friday August 07, 2020 @05:42AM (#24080135)
Isn't that similar to the requirements[1] placed on Huawei in the UK if they want to sell any network equipment? Everything must be inspected and overseen by GCHQ.

[1] https://www.wired.co.uk/article/huawei-gchq-security-evaluat...

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by secondcoming on Friday August 07, 2020 @05:50AM (#24080189)
No, one is oversight and due diligence, the other is IP transfer so that your company can be cloned and then be given whatever resources needed from shady banks so that they can put you out of business.
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by jjeaff on Monday August 17, 2020 @06:22PM (#24192943)
Depends, do UK companies have a long history of stealing IP from outside companies and profiting off that IP with no repercussions from the UK gov?
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by not_that_jeff on Saturday August 08, 2020 @10:25AM (#24091812)
this is a lie. I work for AWS and directly work with the partner in China. They do not get our source code, we build supporting tools for them to operate our software. I repeat, they do not get our source code.
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by secondcoming on Saturday August 08, 2020 @06:31PM (#24095764)
AWS must have the means to bribe the right people then. GCP does not work in China at all.
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