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

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is where Signal's biggest problem shows. It's centralized. Matrix is the better choice since it will be up to you if you decide to break the law if it's banned, since there will still be plenty of servers you can reach.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

yes. but transition takes time and my mom just installed signal last year. we will get there for sure.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I moved my whole family over to Signal specifically because it was so easy. SimpleX is easier than Matrix, imo, but when Matrix is equally as easy to set up as Signal, then we'll see where things are.

The only big issue I've heard with Matrix is the current implementation doesn't scale well, due to how servers are required to clone data (or something). I think they're working on a fix, but it's still not ready for prime time, I think.