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Threema? https://threema.ch/en https://threema.ch/en
by kisamoto 2y ago
Threema? https://threema.ch/en https://threema.ch/en
- egberts1 2y agoDespite Swiss "neutrality", it is also a member or E.U. and must comply with GDPR (and thusly the new EU rules) EDIT: Switzerland is not a member of E.U.
- trustno2 2y agowhat switzerland is NOT in EU
- egberts1 2y agoWell, I goofed. Nonetheless, Threema is claiming GDPR-complaince: Excerpt from their main web page: Threema is 100% Swiss Made, hosts its own servers in Switzerland*, and, unlike US services (which are subject to the CLOUD Act, for example), it is fully GDPR-compliant.
- anonzzzies 2y agoYes, everyone wanting to serve clients in the eu (even if they are on vacation in non eu) must comply with the gdpr; this article however is not related to the gdpr though.
- jurip 2y agoGDPR is about not storing information about people without their consent and has nothing to do with the encryption legislation.
- trustno2 2y agoMake no mistake I would never use Threema, and "made in switzerland" is usually just putting lipstick on a pig; the one time someone seriously looked into Threema it was full of weird decisions, if I remember correctly Still GDPR is unrelated to what we are talking about
- Proven 2y ago[dead]
- hcfman 2y agoI expect applies to any app on a phone that is registered in the EU. If you wanted to and were able to buy a Swiss phone with Swiss number you might be okay. Developers could start to employ software activism and dis-allow licenses for software they develop by European governments citing the reasons. Perhaps Signal can deploy a version for Europe that is licensed for use only by governments and scans the hell out of them looking for corruption using AI.
- slau 2y agoGDPR doesn’t mean you follow “new EU rules”. It just means you only store the data you need, you track how the data is used, and you allow data subjects the possibility to modify/remove said data.