US Probing China Telecom, China Mobile Over Internet, Cloud Risks (reuters.com) 20
The Biden administration is investigating China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom over concerns the firms could exploit access to American data through their U.S. cloud and internet businesses by providing it to Beijing, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the matter. From the report: The companies still have a small presence in the United States, for example, providing cloud services and routing wholesale U.S. internet traffic. That gives them access to Americans' data even after telecom regulators barred them from providing telephone and retail internet services in the United States.
Reuters found no evidence the companies intentionally provided sensitive U.S. data to the Chinese government or committed any other type of wrongdoing. The investigation is the latest effort by Washington to prevent Beijing from exploiting Chinese firms' access to U.S. data to harm companies, Americans or national security, as part of a deepening tech war between the geopolitical rivals. It shows the administration is trying to shut down all remaining avenues for Chinese companies already targeted by Washington to obtain U.S. data.
Reuters found no evidence the companies intentionally provided sensitive U.S. data to the Chinese government or committed any other type of wrongdoing. The investigation is the latest effort by Washington to prevent Beijing from exploiting Chinese firms' access to U.S. data to harm companies, Americans or national security, as part of a deepening tech war between the geopolitical rivals. It shows the administration is trying to shut down all remaining avenues for Chinese companies already targeted by Washington to obtain U.S. data.
Yes! Let's keep it American! (Score:3)
over concerns the firms could exploit access to American data through their U.S. cloud and internet businesses
I want my corporate surveillance and privacy violations to be conducted by 100% American companies. None of this foreign bullshit!
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We can pass data protection laws in the US and those people would have to follow it. The fact we do not is a different question. The CCP will not care either way.
Two separate problems. Yes we have work to clean up our own house but that doesn't mean we let someone else walk in and shit on the floor.
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We can pass data protection laws in the US and those people would have to follow it.
How cute... Where did you get that silly idea? :)
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Through the power of our vote
You really do have silly ideas.
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There's an orange ex-POTUS convicted felon on the campaign trail that's proof-positive that the voting public has zero say in the elections. If you still believe the elections aren't remote-controlled by the plutocracy of this country, you're delusional.
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You just don't seem to understand how power works here and failed to address the imo very correct issue of Donald Trump, a man with really no actual loyalty to Republicans, who tried till the end in the primaris to upend him, twice and failed both times because he had popular support.
Bernie Sanders got pretty close to upending Hillary as well and she got lucky he staffed his campaign with dum-dums.
The highest turnout rate for any primary has been 30% and it was not even 2016.
https://www.pewresearch.org/sh.. [pewresearch.org]
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Incumbents always run again
Republican's wanted trump. Not any of the other 12 or so people that ran against him this time. Talk to them about it.
Either way in 2028 we get 2 fresh faces
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As the *summary* notes, the issue is these companies operating *in the US*. So any US data protection laws would apply to them, and could be enforced.
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As the *summary* notes, the issue is these companies operating *in the US*. So any US data protection laws would apply to them, and could be enforced.
There's an observability problem, just like for patents. The companies I worked for wouldn't patent ideas where the violation of those patents couldn't be ascertained without the cooperation of the violators. For such violators, publishing a patent is like sharing an idea that has no practical avenue toward detection, punishment, or deterrence. That's the problem with a lot of the data protection laws. Since external detection is impractical, there is no practical way toward detection or punishment, and
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People should understand that whatever infrastructure it travels on and whichever country it travels thru has soveriegn rights of inspection... which also means capture and analysis. Or copying.. so literally, they own the data. That means all your telecom companies and every country at a minimum does that.
The issue of where "the cloud" stores your data is muddy now. I read thru the Stripe terms of services and it's essentially the Amazon terms of service. Stripe is basical
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Nah. Foreign corporations with minimal physical presence in the US are only minimally constrained by what the laws say, so having laws regulating them wouldn't be very effective...not without the cooperation of the government where they DO have physical presence.
But they CAN be excluded.
Re: China FUD (Score:2)
Yeah, the USA looks kind of pathetic, doesn't it?