India’s chipmaking ambitions hurt by Zoho’s no-go and Adani unease India’s ambition to become a global semiconductor manufacturing player went backwards last week after two big players changed their plans. One was enterprise software vendor Zoho, which abandoned a plan to become a semiconductor manufacturer. Best known for its Zoho One suite that bundles SaaS-Y CRM, HR, marketing, finance, …
I do tend to agree that, with caveats, spyware should be allowed where it protects national security against foreign interference and organised crime. Should need a warrant signed by the Home Secretary, as tapping of communications already does. Just like the rest of us, why should the spooks have to rely on expensive last-century hardware links when they could just click the app?
Use of spyware might start being used to protect against foreign interference and organised crime, but then spreads, sometimes quite quickly, to maybe possible terrorists, opposition parties, green organisations, foreign-owned companies, foreign embassies, protest groups, newspaper owners, media companies, LGB*** groups, theatre companies, anyone with a different religion to me, anyone with dual nationality, foreigners in general, child molesters, litter louts, anyone with a tattoo, motorcyclists, that uncle who looks at me in an odd way, my legal team, my accountant, all my family ...
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Well, hopefully that all doesn't derail the plans for the Taiwan-Powerchip and India-Tata upcoming 28nm chip/fab that's been a good year in the making (at least)!
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