Signal to Ottawa: We’ll Leave Canada Before We Help You Spy on Users | iPhone in Canada
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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,

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

  • Otter@lemmy.caM
    12·
    8 hours ago

    I can see this happening with other companies, but for signal

    • they have a consistent track record of loudly fighting against similar laws and threatening to pull out of markets if the law is passed
    • the client app is open source and so they can’t make any secret deals
    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
      3·
      6 hours ago

      The server is also open source. (No guarantees the actual server is running that codebase, as is always the case with servers, but the codebase is out there)

    • reluctant_squidd@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      7 hours ago

      Yeah. I agree I can’t see signal doing it.

      I messed up and commented in the wrong post. My original comment was really directed at WindScribe on another post where they apparently followed suit with signal. I have had dealings with them in the past and am happily not a customer anymore.