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submitted 1 year ago by Kata1yst@kbin.social to c/tech@kbin.social

Whittaker said Signal would not abide by the proposed law, and highlighted concerns about privacy and the need for tech leaders to take a stand against socially accepted surveillance.

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[-] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

“You cannot create a back door that only the good guys can go through,” Whittaker said, adding that it’s “mathematically impossible” and would “undermine the security of our core communications, core infrastructures.”

That's one of the problems with this, yes. Another problem is that law enforcement are not good guys.

[-] Infernal_pizza@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[-] Gordon_Freeman@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

You got it wrong, is "God save the king"

[-] Durandal@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

We care about privacy! -- signal

You need a phone number to sign up... and you can't even hide it from anyone you talk to... -- also signal

I'm sure the encryption and stuff is great... but there's more to privacy and security than not seeing what is inside the messages.

this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2023
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