Sony, Microsoft Lobby Against Right To Repair Bills (Yet Refuse To Talk About It)

Posted by BernardSwiss on Feb 28, 2017 7:09 AM EDT
Techdirt; By Karl Bode
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It's not just in Nebraska where this conversation is happening (the Nebraska bill just happens to be the furthest along legislatively). Similar bills are also winding their way through New York, Minnesota, Wyoming, Tennessee, Kansas, Massachusetts, and Illinois state legislatures. And in most of these states, the companies lobbying against these laws are using the same disingenuous arguments Apple has been embracing. Usually it's the trifecta of false claims that the bills will make users less safe, pose a cybersecurity risk, and open the door to cybersecurity theft.

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