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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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[–] Chais 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The Swedish government can go suck a lemon.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

I don’t think this will happen: Their department of defense has adopted Signal for internal communication, and there is no way in hell they would want a backdoor built in. In fact, the article says they have already opposed the suggestion.

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

The government is very split on many questions. Privacy being a weird one because it's the (somewhat) left-leaning Social Democratic that usually come up with these crazy ideas without understanding the implications of privacy.

See Chat Control 2022-2024 https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/chat-control-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-eu-plan-to-scan-all-your-whatsapp-chats