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CNN Lite: https://lite.cnn.com/2024/02/09/tech/china-huawei-france-fin...
Wow. Never knew about CNN Lite. It loads instantly like good websites should and the content is readable because ads are not flying in from all over the place. Does this work for all CNN articles?
CNN lite's html is 15 kB, whereas the full page's html is whopping 1.3 MB compressed (and 3.5 MB uncompressed).
Just enforcing the law. Happens all the time https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/24/google-of...
There are scant few details available, but this might be something more serious than just plain old tax evasion.
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Odd to me that for companies like Google the state doesn't believe they can get what they need from simple subpoenas, but rather feel they need to forcibly seize records in person.
Totally agree. This is behavior of authoritative and totalitarian governments, who demand to have so much authority and power, that they need to attack and undermine the most successfully businesses, bending the laws to do so (or creating abusive laws that give them the power to do so). France authorities also recently ransacked Nvidias office in France: https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidias-french-offices-ra...…
This is the kind of things police will do if they have a warrant (or the local equivalent) in any sane democracy. Democracy does not mean that we have to let companies get away with crime or nicely tell them before a search so they can destroy evidence.
> ransacked
Search, that’s the word you’re looking for.
> More and more is it so, that European governments see successful companies as a threat to their power and control.
How’s the US government handling Huawei again? Did the Atlantic Ocean close overnight?
Also, what makes you think that police investigations are more common than they used to be?
There is not a single sentence that makes sense in your post.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uber_Files#Kill_switch Uber implemented a kill switch to prevent government law enforcement from accessing (potentially) incriminating or sensitive information during onsite investigations. When activated, the kill switch would effectively cut off access to Uber's data for the location being raided. Expecting companies to fully cooperate with state agencies might not always be realistic.…
Should count as admission of guilt for all alleged crimes.
https://civilprocedure.uslegal.com/discovery/spoliation-of-e...
I believe that everyone's thoughts are influenced by the information they receive. We have some stereotypes about certain countries and peoples. But in reality, we have neither been there in person nor do we know any of the people from there. Our impressions of them are entirely imposed on us by the media, and it's truly sad that we have a negative view of them because of these impressions.
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Yeah, China arrested Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, the latter later admitted he was used by Michael Kovrig to pass intelligence information to the Canadian spy agencies. [1] The Canada paid them off to remain silent [2]. [1] https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-spavor-kovrig... [2] https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-ready-pay-sett...
Source [1] says: > China subjected Mr. Spavor to lengthy interrogation sessions, according to one of the sources. He was drugged, forced to sit in a chair for long hours and subjected to threats of execution, the source said. Mr. Spavor admitted to the Chinese interrogators, the source said, that he provided information to Mr. Kovrig. I'd only be able to trust statements that were made freely. Have either of these tw…
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Source [1] says: > China subjected Mr. Spavor to lengthy interrogation sessions, according to one of the sources. He was drugged, forced to sit in a chair for long hours and subjected to threats of execution, the source said. Mr. Spavor admitted to the Chinese interrogators, the source said, that he provided information to Mr. Kovrig. I'd only be able to trust statements that were made freely. Have either of these tw…
As a matter of fact he did. He sued the other Michael in Canada .
> Spavor is seeking a multimillion dollar settlement against the federal government for involving him in espionage activities without his knowledge. Spavor alleges that he provided Michael Kovrig with intelligence on North Korea, which Kovrig then secretly gave to the Canadian government and its Five Eyes allies without Spavor's permission, leading to their arrest and detention.
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Odd to me that for companies like Google the state doesn't believe they can get what they need from simple subpoenas, but rather feel they need to forcibly seize records in person.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uber_Files#Kill_switch Uber implemented a kill switch to prevent government law enforcement from accessing (potentially) incriminating or sensitive information during onsite investigations. When activated, the kill switch would effectively cut off access to Uber's data for the location being raided. Expecting companies to fully cooperate with state agencies might not always be realistic.…
Would they do it as soon as polite dudes in suits walk in? Would chaos ensue if the switch were pulled in a false alarm? If not, then it's "reversible" and an employee could be coerced into flipping it back, right?