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[PSUs]| Monday 5th April 2004 |
The technical heart of the issue is the use of WAPI (wireless authentication and privacy infrastructure), which is a Chinese-designed data encryption scheme, reports Reuters.
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'We haven't changed our basic position. We will sell our Centrino mobile technology up until June 1. Hopefully, we'll get the issue resolved before then,' Intel's chief executive, Craig Barrett, is reported as telling reporters in Taipei, Taiwan.
The wider issue, of course, involves privacy and surveillance. The reason the Chinese authorities are standing firm is that the Chinese government will be able to decrypt any communications over wireless networks, whether they be in Internet cafes, airports or home networks.
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