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So ... linux is outlawed in UK then?

Since PCs are falling out of favor, you can bet that all locked-down non-PC devices will be gradually implementing "lawful and compliant" restrictions on user activity, and hefty surveillance "just in case."

Android devices will be no exception, and families/businesses will be encouraged to install "lawful and compliant" software on all new computers. Any vendors looking to get a foothold in the UK will be jumping on this bandwagon, and I wouldn't be surprised if Canonical tries to get in on the action too.

I hoped that I was not the only one that had that vision of the future. Seems like we need some more open hardware urgent.

It would be good to see Google take steps, beyond publishing the AOSP repos, to build trust in their systems and services:

1. Publish build-able Android source code for as many products as possible and incentivize OEMs to publish their source code.

2. Support strong encryption for storage and communications, including friendly key exchange and key-signing features. E.g. NFC-enabled key signing in Android devices.

3. Open source client software, e.g. an open source GMail client for Android and desktop, to build trust in their crypto implementations.

Forget Linux, Mac, iOS, Android, Xbox, PS will CERTAINLY not be supported if this is a Windows app.

The filtering is almost certainly applied on the ISP end, with a web interface to a control panel.

I have no idea what Cameron means when he says it will be on all new computers by the end of the year, but he mentioned iPads. I suspect it's just his confusion about client / server, and that the OS will have no effect.

Yeah, I suggested as much but loose politician lips can sink ships. Especially ignorant ones. A poorly drafted law can have unpredictable consequences and later be impossible to change with the "My opponent wants your kid to be sodomized on the internet by copyright pirate, terrorist, porn industry magnates, blasphemers,{scary moral panic subculture of the month}" argument.

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