Signal Threatens to Exit Sweden Over Government's Backdoor Proposal
Signal Threatens to Exit Sweden Over Government's Backdoor Proposal
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Signal Threatens to Exit Sweden Over Government's Backdoor Proposal
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I'm surprised Sweden is going this route at all, considering they've touted being a privacy respecting country in the past. I suppose that gets enshitified at some point, too.
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Well, we have a shitty police force that tries to do as little as possible. Easier to fuck shit up for regular people than actually bothering the criminals.
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Well yeah, don't bite the hand that feeds you.
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The signal logo is white not blue.
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She talks a good game now, let’s hope she sticks with that stance after the bill is introduced.
Signal is maintained by a nonprofit foundation in California. They don't have shareholders or profits to worry about, unlike Apple, Google, Meta, and the rest.
After all they've done to ensure their users' privacy, I would be genuinely shocked if they capitulate to just this one country.
Of course they won't.
The problem happens when other countries start following the precedent and too many of them make the same ask. There are parallel processes in the UK, and at the EU level.
Their location is a pretty big problem given the direction the USA is going right now.
Anti Commercial-AI license
Frankly the military should re-evaluate.
As good as Signal is for the average non-technical person, organizations with resources would be far better served by hosting their own, using something like XMPP with encryption, with servers only permitting connection from their own compiled clients, run in a container on the phone, which have been available since at least 2010.
No business I've worked for would accept Signal as a solution, in part because you have little control over it.
Nato and some Swedish agencies already use Matrix, Försvarsmakten should help standardize.
SAF is really not happy about this. Most people in the military used and recommend Signal for most communication (both personal and non-confidential) until they standardized it, and most people I have contacted facepalmed at the proposal. Hopefully, the dipshit that got this stupid fucking idea (pardon my french) will meet the same storm of critisim as Ylva Johansson got.
I'd rather would like to put hope into that the bill will never be introduced.