Signal's CEO: Then We're Leaving Sweden | Sweden Herald
The government wants Signal and Whatsapp to be forced to store messages sent using the apps
Meanwhile, the Swedish Armed Forces recently decided to use Signal for secure communication: https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/aktuellt/2025/02/forsvarsmakten-anvander-appen-signal-for-oppen-kommunikation-med-mobiltelefoner/
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There needs to be a messaging app which provides a backdoor for every government that requests it. Every time some dumbass legislator asks for a super-giga-secure-backdoor they promise not to misuse, they should be directed to that app.
I'm not familiar with EU law, but wouldn't this set a precidence across the whole EU?
It’s worth noting that mullvad is based in Sweden
Mullvad has proven time and time again that they don't log anything at all. Even if they give backdoor access, there's nothing to record.
Literally the first sentence of the article: "The government wants Signal and Whatsapp to be forced to store messages sent using the apps."
No wonder they pussied out and removed port forwarding
I don't get how its supposed to work...they want to require messengers to include backdoors in their software? So when a program is FOSS, then you can literally just use it knowing there is no backdoor..also, what blocks you from using a server in different country? Wtf that even means...
And now it starts. Programs specifically designed to be encrypted getting attacked.
Is this law broad enough to also catch up Proton and its services?
This attack by governments on encryption is getting more and more concerning.
The "if" to that "then" being that if they pass a law that would make Signal illegal in Sweden, then Signal will leave Sweden.
I'm a bit surprised that the armed forces are openly opposing this, but good for them!
Don't know if it's a trustworthy source, but:
https://cornucopia.se/2025/02/forsvarsmakten-infor-krav-pa-signal-for-samtal-och-meddelanden/
I have to ask. If Signal "leaves" Sweden because it is deemed illegal without backdoor, how would this even work regarding enforcement? Your phone gets searched and if they find Signal you get a fee? Messaging being blocked somehow by Swedish ISPs, is that even possible?
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.
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.
The proposed law would require messaging apps to store copies of user messages.
The law isn’t targeted at users directly. It’s targeted at the service providers. If the cops can access your phone you’re already screwed.
Blocking Signal traffic might be theoretically feasible but it would be a game of whack-a-mole. Legally, Signal might have to stop serving IPs in Sweden but that’s Sweden’s problem and VPNs exist.
i am searching their link to Sweden
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"Leaving a country" for digital services usually means not providing services there anymore.
Thanks, this makes a lot more sense.
... i keep, time and again, searching for things, only to discover my "search goal" is not based in reality.
Nice PR move, but when do you announce leaving the US, which is the much bigger issue right now?