China will soon require companies to let it bypass their encryption

Despite the numerous protests of Western technology companies, and even a warning from President Obama himself, China’s legislature voted unanimously to pass the country’s controversial new anti-terrorism law. As with most laws that claim to be designed to combat terrorism and protect civilians, the new bill will give the Chinese government even more power of its citizens when it goes into effect on January 1st. Basically, the bill will force technology companies to hand their encryption keys and passwords over to the government whenever its requests them.