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signal is open source, so they'll just download the source, build it, add a backdoor and push it to the app store same as that weird official USgov version hos
by blibble 1y ago
signal is open source, so they'll just download the source, build it, add a backdoor and push it to the app store
same as that weird official USgov version hosted by israel
- missedthecue 1y agoSometimes I wonder who builds this stuff. I appreciate at the end of the day that everyone has bills, but I feel like I'd rather apply for public housing before I work on that. They're not even getting rich, just a wagie. I have never met someone in the tech industry that was ideologically anti-privacy. It's always the lawyers and politicians. But someone builds it.
- blibble 1y ago> Sometimes I wonder who builds this stuff. the "secure" chat app supplied by some rando israeli company to the US government? have a guess
- missedthecue 1y agoTalking more in reference to EU initiatives
- LordDragonfang 1y agoSignal is AGPL licensed, so they would have to publish whatever crude hack they insert in order to install that back door. (not the keys, of course, but if they're this incompetent about tech legislation, I don't trust their QA competence to be top notch)