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Signal to Ottawa: We'll Leave Canada Before We Help You Spy on Users (www.iphoneincanada.ca)

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.ca/c/canada/p/727265/signal-to-ottawa-we-ll-leave-canada-before-we-help-you-spy-on-users

Signal is drawing a hard line on the federal government’s proposed surveillance legislation: comply with Bill C-22 or leave the country. The secure messaging app says it would rather ditch the Canadian market than be forced to weaken the privacy protections it has built its reputation on. In an interview with The Globe and Mail

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[-] Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca 2 points 15 hours ago

True, until VPNs are also banned (like some US states are doing). One anti-privacy law passed will bring up another, then another, then another.

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