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Tech Trump: Silicon Valley steps into the valley of unhappiness

Spudley

but they wouldn't, in Apple's case for instance, have interference such as demands for back doors that would cause them problems in the rest of the world.

Oh, rest assured, they certainly would still have to deal with it. In fact, being off-shore might make it easier force them to meet those demands. It would be a lot easier to block imports from a foreign company until they comply than it would a US-based one, for example.

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