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Signal reaffirms it will leave European market rather than agree to help governments surveil users

"Let there be no doubt: we will leave the EU market rather than undermine our privacy guarantees," the company's president wrote.

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Jun 4, 2024 at 9:16amWeb
Show threadGerrit Eicker πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦Jun 4, 2024
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@ton Is there still a chance that the #EU will put an end to this madness? It's giving me the creeps. The only #GDPR-compliant #messenger is being pushed out!? Seriously? It's so absurd that I'm lost for words.
Show threadHiker Geek πŸŒ²πŸ’»πŸŒ²Jun 5, 2024

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#Chatcontrol has to be stopped.

For most people their phones are now extensions of themselves. Allowing the government into your phone just to make sure you're not doing anything they don't like is profoundly invasive.

Ask yourself if technology starts to allow reading human thoughts directly from their brain would you want precedent that doing so is OK on the chance of stopping child abuse?