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As a citizen of a EU member state I would rather see them use Signal than try to come up with their own solution. It is true that they could throw a lot of mon
by cpach 7y ago
As a citizen of a EU member state I would rather see them use Signal than try to come up with their own solution.
It is true that they could throw a lot of money on the problem. But that in itself does not guarantee that they outcome would be a world-class communication system. So given that Signal already exists and is the gold standard for secure communications, IMHO it’s better to use that.
What the EU can do however is to fund cryptography research. (And it would not surprise me if they already do.)
- bloopernova 7y agoI'd like to see the EU contribute to the Signal (or Keybase!) ecosystem. A rising tide lifts all boats. From various comments in this discussion, I've discovered that Signal is open source and has reproducible builds, and the server is open source too. It would be possible for the EU to create its own "EU-Certified" Signal environment for use by people who wish to see their data remain in the EU.