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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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[–] 1 point 11 months ago* (1 child)

I imagined the law would be enforced by a deal with google and some global android state approved keylogger/backdoor completely bypassing all apps including Signal. But yeah, I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around this.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Recently Google announced they were going to restrict certified Android devices to only allowing apps approved by Google. An F-Droid member found references to "blocked developers" in the new verification code. It's not unreasonable to assume that this developer blocklist could be region-dependent and Google could use this ability to block Signal from being installed in EU.

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