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UK Effort to Keep Apple Encryption Fight Secret Is Blocked

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170 points flanked-evergl | 1 comments | 08 Apr 25 07:46 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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amelius ◴[08 Apr 25 09:22 UTC] No.43619760[source]▶
I don't understand people who want to defend Apple in this case. UK is a functioning democracy, and why would you want to put a (foreign) company above that? If you want change, you know the route ...
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rodwyersoftware ◴[08 Apr 25 09:28 UTC] No.43619790[source]▶
The UK is not a functioning democracy, at all.
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ohgr ◴[08 Apr 25 09:29 UTC] No.43619799[source]▶
Well it is because the judiciary smacked the secrecy side of it down pretty hard to make sure that it was done in public. That's a pretty strong indicator of a functioning democracy.
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AndrewDucker ◴[08 Apr 25 09:56 UTC] No.43619945[source]▶
It's run by a government elected with 34% of the vote. Before that, 43% of the vote. Before that 43%. Before that 37%.

None of that sounds like democracy to me.

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1. Symbiote ◴[08 Apr 25 10:25 UTC] No.43620081[source]▶
Not all the government is elected.

There are several ministers from the House of Lords, who aren't elected by the people.

I haven't checked for this Parliament, but for the previous one that included people who had LOST their election to be an MP, but got nominated to the Lords anyway.