Hacker News Reader

I wonder if any kind of pro-security legalisation were proposed, how many lobbying firms from big tech (Google, Amazon, etc) would fight it tooth and nail.

Kind of reminds me of PHK's criticisms of HTTP2, tho (https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2716278 ), where he makes this point;

"The reason HTTP/2.0 does not improve privacy is that the big corporate backers have built their business model on top of the lack of privacy"

View on HN

> any kind of pro-security legalisation were proposed

Most of these kinds of policies are done in coordination with companies. Google and Facebook/Meta are actually massive laggards on the lobbying side.

It's companies like Cisco, Microsoft, PANW, ZScaler, Crowdstrike, etc along with some up and coming startups that partake in this. Some of the stuff they propose is good, others is crap.

That said, no one's an idiot. Most of these kinds of legislations and proposals are a direct result of coordination and cooperation between defense buyers, vendors, and ICs.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com