Signal app boss threatens to withdraw from Europe
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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.
  • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    Europe: Companies can’t lock down your operating system.

    Also Europe: Companies must force back doors into their operating systems.

    I wonder how long those two things can coexist.

    • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
      7·
      2 months ago

      Well, Google’s current behaviour is already putting the future existence of F-Droid into question.

      • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
        31·
        2 months ago

        We need FOSS phones badly and in numbers that manufacturing isn’t horrible. That is until our governments force carriers not to connect them.

        If I could find a reasonably priced 8" Linux tablet, I’d sell my phone and buy a cellular wifi AP.