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My guess is that, were this to come to pass, the engineers tasked with implementing (and maintaining) it would be located in the UK. That way, if they do get in trouble with this for leaking, the UK's jurisdiction comes into play.

Even as shitty as some say the United States is, no one's being extradited to the UK for violating that. Nor, for that matter, would they be able to much punish them with breach of contract, once people start crowing about human rights violations.



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