China passes law requiring tech firms to hand over encryption keys

China passes law requiring tech firms to hand over encryption keys(betanews.com)

22 points by osolo 10 years ago | 4 comments

ColinWright 10 years ago |

So many submissions, so little discussion. Are people not worried about this?

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kbart 10 years ago | |

I guess it's just nothing new/unexpected.

nalck 10 years ago |

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.

philipov 10 years ago | |

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.