Reply to post: And for the rest of the world?

Nope, the NSA isn't sitting in front of a supercomputer hooked up to a terrorist’s hard drive

Paul Crawford Silver badge

And for the rest of the world?

Thing is if the 5-eyes get together and demand that companies in these regions give them this back door, what will the rest of the world do?

1) Say "Its a fair cop, we trust you, here you go gov'ner"

2) Say "No 5-eyes software or services here" and thus provide a gov-mandated alternative for EU/Russia/China/India/etc

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