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There is a pending patent dispute with Blackberry and a German court ordered them to remove the chat export for German users.
by elaus 6y ago
There is a pending patent dispute with Blackberry and a German court ordered them to remove the chat export for German users.
- gaius_baltar 6y ago> There is a pending patent dispute with Blackberry and a German court ordered them to remove the chat export for German users. A patent on backup up files?! Oh frak this system is broken beyond repair...
- Merman_Mike 6y agoFor anyone curious, some googling found me this: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/1014#issuecomment-756751754 https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/1014#issu... > This feature is unavailable in Germany due to patent concerns: > https://www.teltarif.de/whatsapp-chat-exportieren-iphone/news/79156.html https://www.teltarif.de/whatsapp-chat-exportieren-iphone/new... (article in German)
- kangalioo 6y agoFor anyone wondering about the specifics: "For example, there was a dispute about whether Whatsapp uses a technology that Blackberry holds a patent on when sending a chat history to a third party via email." (translated via Deepl, source https://t3n.de/news/gericht-verbietet-apps-whatsapp-1231364/ https://t3n.de/news/gericht-verbietet-apps-whatsapp-1231364/) The actual legal claims are in this document: http://docs.dpaq.de/13322-031127684372.pdf http://docs.dpaq.de/13322-031127684372.pdf