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cylemons
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Microsoft will give the FBI a Windows PC data encr...
Surely that's not legal is it? Can the government force companies to include spyware?
dexterdog
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No, but they can tie it to the consideration of software and services contracts which has the same effect.
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Jigsy
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That's one of the ideas the British government had a few months back...
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BigJono
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It's been legal in Australia since 2018 and frustratingly nobody seems to give a shit except for yanks trying to point out any government's injustices other than their own.
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