ITGuyLevi comments on Signal warns it would pull out of Canada if made to comply with lawful access bill

Signal warns it would pull out of Canada if made to comply with lawful access bill (www.theglobeandmail.com)

submitted 5 months ago by patatas@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 13 points 5 months ago (1 child)

That makes it even funnier that they want a backdoor added to it... Don't they realize that a government mandated backdoor is still a backdoor anyone can use?

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[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 months ago

Yeah, this is exactly Signal's objection; it makes the product inherently less secure. That's a really bad idea under any circumstances, but doubly so for a product that is used for secure government communication.

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