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Signal to Ottawa: We'll Leave Canada Before We Help You Spy on Users (www.iphoneincanada.ca)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Signal is drawing a hard line on the federal government’s proposed surveillance legislation: comply with Bill C-22 or leave the country. The secure messaging app says it would rather ditch the Canadian market than be forced to weaken the privacy protections it has built its reputation on. In an interview with The Globe and Mail

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[–] 124 points 5 months ago (5 children)

And by side loading you mean installing software on a device you own, like PCs have been forever. Side loading is a 100% bullshit term created by Apple and Google to try and make sure you don't think you actually own your devices

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Ok, I'm on board. So like what do we call installing an app outside of a store?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Installing an apk, installing directly, ...
    As opposed to installing from Fdroid, from gplay, ...

    You can also go by source, like with the stores. For example Signal android can be installed from their website (by downloading an apk).

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  • [–] -1 points 5 months ago*

    That’s factually not true though. Side loading was a term used before Google was even a company and before devices had internet access or peripherals/accessories to directly connect media other than plugging into your computer. Before devices had internet and you had to plug them into your computer to transfer files and install non-stock software. They would just say unauthorized or unofficial software if side loading wasn’t a term. It’s not like they need that term to exist for their shit behavior.

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