im sorry i broke the code@sh.itjust.works to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 1 year agoDid the EU just propose to add back doors to encryption mechanisms?eur-lex.europa.euexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down13
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkDid the EU just propose to add back doors to encryption mechanisms?eur-lex.europa.euim sorry i broke the code@sh.itjust.works to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squarePirata@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year 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-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year 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-up2·1 year 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.
minus-squareMatt@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago Signal Mind you that Signal is based in the US.
minus-squarePirata@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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.
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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.
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.
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.
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