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Signal's CEO: Then We're Leaving Sweden | Sweden Herald

swedenherald.com Signal's CEO: Then We're Leaving Sweden | Sweden Herald

The government wants Signal and Whatsapp to be forced to store messages sent using the apps

According to Whittaker, the bill requires the encrypted messaging app Signal to install so-called backdoors in the software.

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Signal to leave Sweden if backdoor law passes

swedenherald.com /article/signals-ceo-then-were-leaving-sweden

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Swedish government wants Signal and Whatsapp to be forced to store messages sent using the apps. If it becomes a reality, we'll leave Sweden, says Signal's CEO Meredith Whittaker to SVT News.

swedenherald.com /article/signals-ceo-then-were-leaving-sweden

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And now it starts. Programs specifically designed to be encrypted getting attacked.
- "Now"? Apps like Signals are constantly under fire. Whitaker already told the whole EU it would just leave if they introduced the "chat control" legislation.
  
  Apps like Signals
  
  This was about a different app named 'Signal', I think, without the s.
  
  ‘Signal’, I think, without the s.
  
  Never heard of this ignal app
  
  Just a typo.

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