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Head of the Signal app threatens to withdraw from Europe

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Head of the Signal app threatens to withdraw from Europe

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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days ago

Signal app boss threatens to withdraw from Europe

The head of the Signal app has criticized plans in the EU to allow messengers to have backdoors to enable automatic searches for criminal content. Signal is considered one of the most secure messengers.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/50130760

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Encryption isn’t magically broken because a legislature says it is.

They have to apply teeth to a market they control. Not everything is within their control. Though, signal is.

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