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I just don't believe they would be able to roll it out. A lot of messaging services won't implement chat control. If half of the messaging apps are getting bloc

by andix 11mo ago

I just don't believe they would be able to roll it out. A lot of messaging services won't implement chat control. If half of the messaging apps are getting blocked, people will get angry. There will be massive backlash towards EU. Texting is just so embedded to the daily life, if the EU causes inconveniences or trouble with texting, this might create massive anger. It could start off Brexit-like campaigns in some countries. I'm not saying that it is impossible this is going to be implemented. But I think it's just some bureaucrats dreaming.

ThrowawayTestr 11mo ago
>A lot of messaging services won't implement chat control. Why not?
- andix 11mo ago
  Signal already announced they won't add back doors, even if it means they are going to be blocked. Which is really funny, because the EU commission recommends to their employees to use Signal for texting.
  - psychoslave 11mo ago
    But MEP will be exempted, so they can continue to use Signal. Rules for thy.
    - AlgebraFox 11mo ago
      No. Signal will pull out their services from EU. Nobody will be able to download or access Signal.
      - psychoslave 11mo ago
        Well, unless https://github.com/signalapp https://github.com/signalapp becomes inaccessible, I guess that "all you have to do" is run a bunch of new instances of the server by ourself. Not sure how complicated it is though.
      - andix 11mo ago
        I don't think they will actively "pull" their services. They are based in the US, and don't specifically target EU customers. I guess they just won't comply and might be blocked.