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

    • Dr. Bob@lemmy.caEnglish
      27·
      3 months ago

      And maybe my Aunt is really my uncle and about to transition into a bicycle.

    • Otter@lemmy.caM
      161·
      3 months 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·
        3 months 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)

    • m-p{3}@lemmy.caM
      12·
      3 months ago

      Seems like a huge risk. You either lose a part of your userbase by leaving the country, or you risk losing your reputation internationally if it’s discovered that you are complicit in spying, and reputation is everything in the world of encrypted messaging.