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I give it a couple of weeks before screen shot of "violent" groups on Signal go viral, and the ban hammer will come unless they build a backdoor or remove the e
by dk2377 6y ago
I give it a couple of weeks before screen shot of "violent" groups on Signal go viral, and the ban hammer will come unless they build a backdoor or remove the end-to-end encryption feature entirely.
- jkepler 6y agoM'y guess is Moxie would shut the company down before introducing a backdoor. Also, if the gov tries to ban it, its just open-soirce software, right? Haven't courts (in the US at least) ruled that code is speech, and therefore protected from government restrictions by the 1st Amendment?
- Evidlo 6y agoIf you're referring to Facebook and Twitter banning Trump-related things, I think that was voluntary for them to avoid PR troubles.
- dk2377 6y agoYes but if there's political/public support, Big Tech will sure jump in and get rid of their potential competitor.
- grej 6y agoExcept I doubt that's how it will work. They just have to get Apple and Google to bow to the pressure again and remove it from the app store. Restricting the first amendment is a lot easier if you can effectively do it without actually doing it officially.
- wsdrdsw 6y agoI'm not sure I'm buying it but the fact that Telegram is not an american company is a big plus over Signal