I appreciate that people are upset at the USG and I think the comparison to China helps the argument, to be clear they're asking for a lot more than the USG.
China is way, way, beyond the NSA. They block huge swaths of the internet and blackout televisions. They monitor every chat you send on WeChat, without even the illusion of a warrant or probable cause. And, they're not asking, it's a condition of WeChat's operation. Imagine if you DM'd someone on Facebook or Twitter and the US government stepped in and shut your account down. It's that.
Comparisons are fine, but these are not the backdoors "you were already compelled to insert."
China is way, way, beyond the NSA. They block huge swaths of the internet and blackout televisions. They monitor every chat you send on WeChat, without even the illusion of a warrant or probable cause. And, they're not asking, it's a condition of WeChat's operation. Imagine if you DM'd someone on Facebook or Twitter and the US government stepped in and shut your account down. It's that.
Comparisons are fine, but these are not the backdoors "you were already compelled to insert."