China’s new data security initiative urges tech firms to not install backdoors
China is addressing the growing global concerns and pushback against Chinese tech companies with a set of new data security standards. The country has announced (viaCNBC) a new global initiative that outlines principles urging participants to respect other governments’ sovereignty in how they handle data. The new data initiative advises companies not to install “backdoors in their products and services to illegally obtain users’ data, control or manipulate users’ systems and devices” and calls for a ban on activities that “infringe upon personal information....