Secure messaging service says it will not weaken its encryption, privacy safeguards for government
    • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
      3 months

      Only a day or two left to write to your MP and object to it.

    • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3 months

      They’ve threatened to for a lot of them, but I’m not actually sure if they’ve actually done so.

      There’s a few countries that blocked signal, but I don’t know if signal has voluntarily pulled out of any country yet

      For example, they’ve threatened to leave Canada, Sweden, and Australia so far from memory

  • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3 months

    I dont understand how they will pull out of canada… will the google play store have geo-restrictions on installing the apk?

    or will they just deactivate any account with a canadian phone number?

  • TerdFerguson@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3 months

    FWIW, my MP responded to my message confirming his opposition to C-22 and his understanding of this legislation as advancing provisions for mass surveillance.

  • NarrativeBear@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3 months

    This just in, Canada post and other mail providers will now be opening all envelopes and packages sent. All contents will be scanned or photographed and held on file for 2 years time, and released to relevant authorities upon request of investigation. To make things easier please do not seal packages or envelopes for easier and more convenient access.

    All photos and scanned documents will be held in a highly secured database with easy backdoors access!

    Pretty much the equivalent in terms of what Canada wants to implement with access to signal chats, VPN logs, and asking ISPs to keep logs for 1-2 years minimum.

    Somehow our politicians don’t seem to see the similarities between sending a message online vs sending a physical envelope in the mail. Also, in both cases a person could encrypt their messages/letters if they choose leaving regular folks with less security.

  • TarantulaFudge@startrek.websiteEnglish
    3 months

    Maybe we should be looking at the larger picture here this is exactly why Signal or any other privately owned centralized messaging system can never be trusted. Stop using Signal or WhatsApp.

    Look at alternatives like Matrix that are immune to this sort of thing.

    • Netrunner@programming.devEnglish
      3 months

      The point flew over your head so hard. People already use and can look into matrix and that makes this still bad.

      • Arondeus@lemmy.caEnglish
        3 months

        Not trying to be a jerk, I just don’t understand. If the government ordered matrix to put a backdoor into the code, couldn’t we just install a version that doesn’t have the backdoor? It’s open source, someone is bound to fork it. So then the government’s only option is to hunt down every matrix server in canada that doesn’t have a backdoor and persecute the owner, which would be time and cost intensive but I guess possible. So at that point could we not just host the servers outside of Canada? What do they do in that case?