• According to Whittaker, the bill requires the encrypted messaging app Signal to install so-called backdoors in the software.
  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    24 hours ago

    Signal will be delisted from Android/Apple store. That’ll curb the majority of Signal use in Sweden. I suspect Sweden isn’t going to after individuals. They could if they wanted to. ISP blocking, probably not, but yes ISPs can block Signal by blocking all known Signal servers. That’s why Signal supports special proxies that allow individuals to run to allow people from blocked locations to access the Signal servers.

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      23 hours ago

      That’ll curb the majority of Signal use in Sweden.

      …unless a bunch of users plan to actually do something illegal, in which case a delisting from the app store doesn’t stop anything. Once again, it’s just to enable data collection about as many ordinary citizens as possible.