What if a state tries to mandate us as #deltachat app devs/distributors to shut down a chat profile?
Nothing. It can't be done.
We have no list of chat identities, have no handle or data about them, and don't mediate the message transfer.
However, EU #Chatcontrol politicians and Russian authorities would want us to insert backdoors into our FOSS code. But that is nothing than can happen overnight, and we are fine with friendly forks already. Resilient private internet communication ftw :)
With Delta Chat Version 2, chats are end-to-end encrypted, always and by default. Previously it was possible that chats without green checkmarks could contain messages without end-to-end encryption...
I think "it would struggle to resist takedown requests" is a HUGE understatement.
In fact, I don't think they could refuse.
Given the current political climate, it's one of the main reason's I jumped-ship to Delta Chat and, to a lesser extent, Session.
Decentralisation holds the key to the future.
IMHO...
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