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Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog (www.techradar.com)
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[–] 8 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Luckily software can be transmitted from anywhere in the world via a thing called "download", so the developer can be in another country that doesn't attempt to become a dystopian censorship state.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    Doesn't it seem that countries are coordinating their surveillance laws these days? All of a sudden every government wants their citizens to submit ID when using the internet. All of a sudden every government decides that E2EE messaging is intolerable. All of a sudden every government decides something must be done about VPNs.

    I used to read these stories and think "that sucks for people in the UK." But now I think it doesn't matter where each of these laws starts; every other country will do something similar soon.

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