China passes law requiring tech firms to hand over encryption keys

ColinWright wrote: post #2

So many submissions, so little discussion. Are people not worried about this? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10799477 (2 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10799325 (1 comment) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10799070 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10798168 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10787571

I guess it's just nothing new/unexpected.

Re: China passes law requiring tech firms to hand over encryption keys

#4

Post by nalck » Mon, Dec 28, 2015, 3:16 PM UTC

This is yet another reason why firms ought never hold encryption keys for customers in the first place. Tarsnap would seem unaffected by this law, for example.

Of course, there's a hundred other ways this type of legislation poses problems for an organization, not to mention society in general.

Re: China passes law requiring tech firms to hand over encryption keys

#5

Post by philipov » Mon, Dec 28, 2015, 4:01 PM UTC

nalck wrote: post #4

This is yet another reason why firms ought never hold encryption keys for customers in the first place. Tarsnap would seem unaffected by this law, for example. Of course, there's a hundred other ways this type of legislation poses problems for an organization, not to mention society in general.

I was under the impression that laws that force firms to hand over encryption keys also force firms to keep encryption keys to be handed over.

Re: China passes law requiring tech firms to hand over encryption keys

#6

Post by godgod » Mon, Dec 28, 2015, 6:21 PM UTC

It's started. This will spread to the west.