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Signal boss warns app will exit Australia if forced to hand over users’ encrypted messages (www.theaustralian.com.au)

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Signal president Meredith Whittaker is prepared to withdraw the privacy-focused messaging app from Australia — saying she hopes it doesn’t become a “gangrenous foot” by poisoning its entire platform by forcing it to hand over its users’ encrypted data to authorities.

Ms Whittaker says Signal would take the “drastic step” of leaving any market where a government compelled it to create a “backdoor” to access its data, saying it would create a vulnerability that hackers and authoritative regimes could exploit, undermining Signals’ “reason for existing”.

Pressure has been mounting on Signal and other secure messaging platforms. ASIO director general Mike Burgess has urged tech companies to unlock encrypted messages to assist terrorism and national security investigations, saying offshore extremists use such platforms to communicate.

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[–] naught101@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago (15 children)

Well that would be incredibly fucked.

[–] shads@lemy.lol 16 points 4 days ago (14 children)

Yes it would be, let's hope more companies follow that example. The more companies that make it clear that Australian politics are never an excuse for compromising the privacy and safety of their users the more hope there is that the message will start to get through. Plus we could serve as a salutory warning for the rest of the world... "Wow go down the path of driving whole market segments out of your economy has bad effects on that same economy."

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (13 children)

I can totally see Australian politics being OK with signal leaving, since that would push users on to other less secure/more compliant apps

[–] quokka@aussie.zone 3 points 4 days ago

You mean apps that they'd really like you pass age verification by having MyGovDigitalSurveillanceDefinitelyNotTrackingYou app?

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