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Re:Meta wants more access to your iPhone by gruez on Monday December 30, 2024 @11:40AM (#42550870)
>Then the EU can stop them from selling their products to EU customers

So you want the EU to play whack-a-mole with fly by night IoT vendors, some of which might be shipping directly from China? Or do you want to fix this with even more regulation, like requiring licenses to import IoT products or whatever?

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Re:Meta wants more access to your iPhone by worik on Monday December 30, 2024 @02:06PM (#42552407)
> So you want the EU to play whack-a-mole with fly by night IoT vendors

Yes

Like they do with other online criminals

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Re:Meta wants more access to your iPhone by gruez on Monday December 30, 2024 @04:38PM (#42553849)
Yeah, I'm sure the EU sending angry letters to nameless IoT company in shenzhen is going to be very effective.
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Re:Meta wants more access to your iPhone by worik on Monday December 30, 2024 @10:38PM (#42556218)
> Yeah, I'm sure the EU sending angry letters to nameless IoT company in shenzhen is going to be very effective.

I would expect them to use a heavier hammer to whack that mole....

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