im sorry i broke the code@sh.itjust.works to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 2 days agoDid the EU just propose to add back doors to encryption mechanisms?eur-lex.europa.euexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down13
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minus-squarePirata@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-22 days agoSignal said it would leave the EU if they were forced to break encryption, though. All other local alternatives (like Threema) would also comply, so I don’t really see an escape plan.
minus-squareMatt@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 day ago Signal Mind you that Signal is based in the US.
minus-squarePirata@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIt’s also open-source and privacy-focused, so I’m not sure to what extent it makes a difference. If signal were to go astray it can always be forked. In fact, I already use Molly because it is even more security and privacy focused.
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoThey said they would leave the EU. They didn’t say people couldn’t use their service via a VPN (which is the solution they suggested).
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoSelf hosting an encrypted app (e.g. XMPP) on a VPS outside jurisdiction, in a country that just doesn’t comply. Also add a VPN to all devices to make discovery of such things that much more difficult.
Signal said it would leave the EU if they were forced to break encryption, though. All other local alternatives (like Threema) would also comply, so I don’t really see an escape plan.
Mind you that Signal is based in the US.
It’s also open-source and privacy-focused, so I’m not sure to what extent it makes a difference. If signal were to go astray it can always be forked.
In fact, I already use Molly because it is even more security and privacy focused.
They said they would leave the EU. They didn’t say people couldn’t use their service via a VPN (which is the solution they suggested).
Self hosting an encrypted app (e.g. XMPP) on a VPS outside jurisdiction, in a country that just doesn’t comply.
Also add a VPN to all devices to make discovery of such things that much more difficult.