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Head of the Signal app threatens to withdraw from Europe (www.bluewin.ch)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/50130760

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[–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

I suspect that signal will be asked to add a backdoor to their encryption, they will refuse and subsequently banned from EU app stores.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    banned from EU app stores

    What even is that? Aren't the 2 app official app stores American anyway?

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Yes they are based in america but they have to comply with regional laws since they operate internationally. the apps available in these stores, and the laws that apply to them, differ per country.

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  • [–] -1 points 11 months ago*

    If I understood correctly "they" here means Google and Apple because they are corporations that sell products, advertisement brokerage, SaaS, physical devices, etc in the EU. They have to comply otherwise they wouldn't be able to make money if one of the most profitable markets. They solely chose to comply because it puts their baseline at risk, not solely because of regional laws.

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