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They will offer a backdoor

• miohtama 3y ago
  WhatsApp yes, Signal and Telegram no. Signal and Telegram do not have cash revenues from the EU, so they can be non-compliant. Worse is if Apple and Android integrate these features directly to the operating system.
  • sneak 3y ago
    Telegram isn’t e2ee. (Yes, it has an e2ee feature which you can turn on per chat if you remember, but nobody does this.)
    • codedokode 3y ago
      And why nobody does this? Maybe because they simply don't mind against reading their correspondence? Or because they do not want to look like a criminal trying to hide something?
      • rho138 3y ago
        > I have nothing to hide so please read all my comms big daddy government Dude everyone minds that their _private_ correspondence is being read by prying eyes. Just because you’re technically inclined to do so [enable e2ee per chat] doesn’t mean that the lowest common denominator human is capable or willing to do so. Which is why secure by default - without state compromise a la Telegram & WhatsApp - is so important.
    • theragra 3y ago
      In my experience, drug dealers always use this
  • k1t 3y ago
    A number of companies (including WhatsApp/Meta and Signal) made a big fuss about withdrawing from the UK market if the Online Safety Bill passed (which it basically did - just awaiting the formality of Royal Assent). They have been rather quiet since. I wouldn't trust any of them to be "non-compliant".
  • Moldoteck 3y ago
    Telegram already has a backdoor for russian federation. Default chats are not e2ee so basically you can say stored in plain text on the servers
    • codedokode 3y ago
      This cannot be counted as a backdoor though, if you are too lazy to create a secret chat is it Telegram's fault?
  • aquatica 3y ago
    > Signal and Telegram do not have cash revenues from the EU How so? Don't Telegram Premium and Telegram Ads count as revenue?