Re:The U.K. Government Is Close to Eroding Encryption Worldwide
by BLKNSLVR on Friday July 28, 2023 @07:26PM
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My choice of interpretation is that those aren't internet borders, they're copyright borders, commercial borders, layers on top of a borderless internet.
This argument tends to break down at The Great Firewall of China, however, due to its thoroughness.
Re:The U.K. Government Is Close to Eroding Encryption Worldwide
by splix on Friday July 28, 2023 @08:36PM
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Unfortunately, we see those EU cookie banners and GDPR forms even if we live and visit a non-EU web site from outside. It doesn't target only the people inside the EU. So for this particular case is has no borders.
Don't know what universe or timeline you're from, but on this earth today, the internet definitely has borders.
That's why we have those EU cookie banners and GDPR consent forms, and why some of my favorite piracy websites are blocked by all ISPs in my country, or why I can't watch Top Gear on BBC's website because I'm not from the UK, or why Facebook had to remove some politically spicy content worldwide because the courts where I live forced them to, etc, etc.
Sure, there's VPNs, but the days of the lawless and borderless internet are a thing of the past. Mainstream web companies have to conform to local laws in each country or they'll get fined or blocked.