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[SWE] Swedish government wants a back door in Signal (www.svt.se)

submitted 1 day ago by Wolfie@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Swedish government wants a back door in signal for police and 'Säpo' (Swedish federation that checks for spies)

Let's say that this becomes a law and Signal decides to withdraw from Sweden as they clearly state that they won't implement a back door; would a citizen within the country still be able to use and access Signals services? Assuming that google play services probably would remove the Signal app within Sweden (which I also don't use)

I just want the government to go f*ck themselves, y'know?

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[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

This is why you make a protocol rather than an app so there is no owner.

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Protocols are much more difficult to create and implement.

The barrier for technical ability and maturity is much higher. Which is why you don't see them as often, and when you do see them they tend to suck, have massive gaps, or some other significant failing that prevents them from really scaling out.

Building reliable and robust protocols with a hobby project is a nearly impossible task, it takes a lot of effort and a lot of minds over a long period of time to settle on the specifications. And just as long to actually implement it.

Usually this requires some sort of funding and dedicated resources from the get-go. Which many of these projects lack.

[–] Brumefey@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Can’t the protocol be blocked at networking level by the ISPs ?

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 hours ago

Just send it through SSH?