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[SWE] Swedish government wants a back door in Signal (www.svt.se)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Wolfie@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Swedish government wants a back door in signal for police and 'Säpo' (Swedish federation that checks for spies)

Let's say that this becomes a law and Signal decides to withdraw from Sweden as they clearly state that they won't implement a back door; would a citizen within the country still be able to use and access Signals services? Assuming that google play services probably would remove the Signal app within Sweden (which I also don't use)

I just want the government to go f*ck themselves, y'know?

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[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

They will probably just show message to Swedish ip addresses and state that they cannt provide you with the binary as you are using a Swedish ip.

Something very clear to say use a VPN 😉

[–] troed@fedia.io 5 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

This is where Signal's biggest problem shows. It's centralized. Matrix is the better choice since it will be up to you if you decide to break the law if it's banned, since there will still be plenty of servers you can reach.

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[–] terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

Then they get it through fdroid?

[–] ArtemisimetrA@lemmy.duck.cafe 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Only Swedish backdoor I want is...

[–] Manalith@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago

Ah the ol' Kingsmen ending.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

And I want a better future. Guess we're both gonna be disappointed ain't we

[–] doodledup@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Archived link

[–] phase@lemmy.8th.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I really like that Signal is able to update itself. Even our of the stores, it can still be up-to-date.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

Signal's american and their infrastructure's based on american Amazon, so there's that...
You could use a VPN i guess.

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