Chinese Police Get Power To Inspect ISPs (scmp.com) 50
China has issued a new regulation setting out wide-ranging police powers to inspect internet service providers and users, as the government tightens its grip on the country's heavily restricted cyberspace. Local media reports: Under the new rule, effective from November 1, central and local public security authorities can enter the premises of all companies and entities that provide internet services and look up and copy information considered relevant to cybersecurity. The regulation was issued by the Ministry of Public Security last month and released on its website on Sunday. It comes more than a year after a controversial cybersecurity law was introduced that has caused widespread concern among foreign companies operating in China. Despite its broad scope, the legislation gives few details about implementation, making it all the more difficult for companies trying to avoid its repercussions. Analysts said the new regulation sheds some light on how the law will be implemented. "That's obviously how Chinese laws go. First there is a big concept, then there is a sweeping law, and then implementing regulations will come in to flesh out the details," said William Nee, a China expert with Amnesty International.
The only surprise (Score:5, Insightful)
The only surprise here is that they didn't already have the ability.
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and apple will just roll over to do any to be complacent with the law but helping the FBI is not in the cards for them!
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Apple owns ISPs in China?
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Two different markets; two different strategies. (Explains Google's China strategy, too.)
In the United States CONSUMERS want secure phones. Fuck what the gubmint wants.
Apple makes money off secure shit.
In China, the consumer is secondary to the gubmint. Apple plays by the rules and makes money.
It's all about making money.
If a market wants phones with cow shit on them, Apple has the XS and stuff ready to go.
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That's what I was thinking. They can give themselves any power they want at any time. Honestly, any government can.
It stated that "authorities can enter the premises of all companies and entities that provide internet services and look up and copy information considered relevant to cybersecurity". The U.S. government does this all the time with the mildly inconvenient requirement of a subpoena.
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That's easy: Anonymous Coward. Like, duh.
What a funny anti-China piece (Score:1, Informative)
considering the U.S. government has had this for a decade already, if not more, and can literally tap into any ISP, if you recall some of the NSA revelations in the last few years. But ofc when China can do it now, they go wild with their "police state" accusations.
Re:What a funny anti-China piece (Score:5, Insightful)
But ofc when China can do it now, they go wild with their "police state" accusations.
You know, I think the fact that they have been suppressing dissent and then hunting down dissidents to jail them might have something to do with that whole police state thing. Then again, maybe it's the re-education prisons that they are putting Muslims into. No wait, maybe it's the massive video surveillance network they are building out. Wait, no, I'm sure it's the social ranking system they are using keep "undesirables" from traveling or buying things.
I'm sorry, it's just so hard to keep track of why people think China is a police state.
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Did I miss in the summary where it compared China to the US? Or do you feel like as long as a country does something the US did, it should not be reported?
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Well, "literally" sure doesn't mean what it used to.
By the way, NSA can't do shit to ISPs. They're not even allowed to admit they exist to an ISP, much less demand something.
In the US, cops can't even come into the ISP's building without a search warrant.
I'd say clue up, but that won't happen. I'll just stick to, "nope yer rong!"
Police Power (Score:2)
I wish people would stop using this term. It's giving our policing organizations raging erections.
In all but some societies under martial law, such powers are reserved for the courts.
How about power to inspect registrars? (Score:2)
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How about not?
Seems to me that that sort of thing very quickly becomes the first step on a very slippery slope....
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It's someone making fun of Trump supporters. "power to inspect there algoritms"? Yeah, this is something that comes up in normal folk speak.
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With states like california and new york and there liberal biased companies like google and amazong hurting regular ever day americans who happen to have conservative views we need to have a way to fight them back. Many people I talk to say it would be great to get law enforcement the power to inspect there algoritms for bias and to fine them if they are censoring conservative speach.
Troll botspeak if there ever was. Back in the USSR, troll,,,
Who the fuck cares? (Score:2)
Why are we even talking about this?
China is a sovereign country and it can do whatever it wants to do.
That's true of the Google story, as well.
It doesn't matter what China wants to do as long as capitalists can find a way to monetize it.
Hell, give out personal data as a promotional item.
Bribe the uppers.
Whatever it takes to make a buck.
Americans can't even protect its students, for crying out loud.
Physician, heal thyself.
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FAT32 or NTFS?
So China is a shithole ... (Score:2)
... country and America has a sexual predator as a leader.
Who's throwing stones?
Re: So China is a shithole ... (Score:2)
Correction: having a leader who is bombastic and when he was a reality TV star boasted to a crony that he was such a celebrity that he was surrounded by the sort of women that he can grab by the pussy.
It's badly distorted by people who hate him the most.
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FTFY
... having a leader who is bombastic and when he was a reality TV star boasted to a crony that he was such a celebrity that he could blame the victim ...
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People would need to think of themselves as a victim to be a victim.
Yes, it can be lucrative to think of yourself as a victim in hindsight.
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And that's your position?
Lame.
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But wuddabout the Masons?
Wuddabout the Illuminati?!
Big US tech brands (Score:3)
Welcome to investing in Communism.
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