Does that extend to devices and components that were manufactured in China? That passed through Chinese ports? If they are serious about this then the entire global IT supply chain that has used China as a cheap source of labour is going to have to be restructured.
Posts by James 51
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US Senate mulls giving Huawei and ZTE the Kaspersky treatment
Digital version of Universal Credit still pricey, wobbly, failing to deliver – MPs
TalkTalk to splash £1.5bn laying full fibre on 3 million doorsteps
Thursday 8th February 2018 13:32 GMT
Re: Please take your socialism away...
That person in the middle of nowhere could be a farmer. Farms and farmers could benefit a lot from good IT infrastructure and a fast, robust internet connection. Not just stuff like which market is paying the best prices for lambs today or reading about the developments in farm machinery but using drones to remotely inspect crops. Sensors to determine how moist the soil is. Videos of how to maintain their equipment, best pratice for fertiliser use etc etc. Productictivity boost in farming would benefit the whole country.
Emergancy service gear is increasingly connected too.
Without a good internet connection you're less likely to see new businesses setting up there or the ones that are there growing so you get an upward spiral in high density areas getting more dense and lower density areas getting less dense.
MPs: Lack of technical skills for Brexit could create 'damaging, unmanageable muddle'
Boffins crack smartphone location tracking – even if you've turned off the GPS
UK Home Office grilled over biometrics, being clingy with folks' mugshots
Tuesday 6th February 2018 15:07 GMT 
I am not handing over vast amounts of info to private companies and I go out of my way to avoid handing that info over. Of course what my friends post on line is probably still enough to profile and track me but that's something I have little control over. Still not an excuse for doing wrong though. All the cool boys were smoking behind the bike shed so I thought I'd join them. Why am I the one getting detention?
Lauri Love judgment: Extradition would be 'oppressive' and breach forum bar
No, Windows 10 hasn’t beaten Windows 7’s market share. Not for sure, anyway
Govt 'comprehensively ignored' advice over NHS data-sharing deal
Just can't catch a break, can ya, Capita? Shares tumble 40% amid yet another profit warning
Wednesday 31st January 2018 13:34 GMT
Re: What about the DWP PIP reassessments
Depends on who is going to pay for the reassessments. If Crapita can say it was DWP guidelines to fail people who qualified then they might be able to go to court and squeeze the money out of DWP. Otherwse they'll be the ones footing the bill. With forty to fifty percent getting an award or a higher award on appeal pretty much every claim goes through that stage again anyway.
Kremlin social media trolls aren't actually that influential, study finds
F-35 flight tests are being delayed by onboard software snafus
Lenovo's craptastic fingerprint scanner has a hardcoded password
Non-'fiscally neutral' defence review is go, minister tells MPs
New Sky thinking: Media giant makes dish-swerving move on Netflix territory
Microsoft whips out tool so you can measure Windows 10's data-slurping creepiness
H-1B visa hopefuls, green card holders are feeling the wrath of 'America first' Trump
Wednesday 24th January 2018 14:11 GMT
*Sigh* This isn't America First, it's My Supporters First or rather Lets Pretend I'm Doing It For My Supporters First. The US has benefited immeasurably from immigration. It has the most Nobel prizes precisely because most of the people who have won them have immigrated from other countries to be there. It’s sad to see.
Electric cars to create new peak hour when they all need a charge
OK, who had 'Montana' in the net neutrality state pool? Congratulations
Tuesday 23rd January 2018 11:27 GMT
Re: They have no right to do that
The same thing is true of roads. People on different networks cooperating is how the internet works. It is a network of networks. Of course that the internet functions now undermines your argument. Could you point me to an example (outside of the likes of DDOS which is a crime) to support your argument?
Playboy is suing Boing Boing over Imgur centrefold link
There are other, legal ways to nab Microsoft emails, privacy groups remind Supremes
IBM turns panto villain as The Reg tells readers: 'It's behind you!'
A380 saved as Emirates orders another 20 planes, plus 16 options
Nervy nuke-armed nation fires missile with 5,000km range
NHS: Thanks for the free work, Linux nerds, now face our trademark cops
Thursday 18th January 2018 12:16 GMT
The cards are stacked against open source trying to break into the public sector. For one thing the opportunities for corruption both direct and indirect (and I do count revolving door jobs, consultancy and paid for travel, conferences and after dinner speeches in that) are few and far between. It also on shores a lot of risk and the managers would actually need to be good at their jobs and there is a certain element of go with what you know.
YouTube turns off cash tap for automatic video nasties
UK.gov slammed for NHS data-sharing deal with Home Office
Wednesday 17th January 2018 15:30 GMT 
Lord James O’Shaughnessy, parliamentary under secretary of state for health, denied this, and stressed that this data “has been shared for decades”, with the MoU formalising the process.
This doesn't make it right, it just means you've gotten away with it for far too long but now it has put the idea that it will drive people away from the NHS in their heads, they'll push harder for it than ever.
France may protect citizens' liberté with ban on foreigners buying local big data firms
Monday 15th January 2018 11:28 GMT
Re: But, but, but
I can't remember if it was the Scotish or Welsh devolved instituations but one of them wanted to use a local contractors as much as possible. When it came to the flooring there was some sort of legal challenge so that they then changed what was being ordered to match what a local firm was already producing. You'll probably find that France's laws regarding buying stuff apply to firms external to the EU but you can always rig things in advance to favour the outcome you want. The UK isn't so bad at that either.
Monday 15th January 2018 10:19 GMT
When Chinese companies were dumping solar panels and steel at below cost prices (to minimise the impact of oversupply and a rapid industrial contraction in their own country), how are other countries suppose to respond? If companies with access to sensitive data or are major economic engines are bought, gutted and everything of value shipped being a protectionist firewall, how are other countries suppose to respond? China is probably the most guilty of this but there are examples from the US too.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
