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[SWE] Swedish government wants a back door in Signal (www.svt.se)

submitted 8 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/56591279

Swedish government wants a back door in signal for police and 'Säpo' (Swedish federation that checks for spies)

Let's say that this becomes a law and Signal decides to withdraw from Sweden as they clearly state that they won't implement a back door; would a citizen within the country still be able to use and access Signals services? Assuming that google play services probably would remove the Signal app within Sweden (which I also don't use)

I just want the government to go f*ck themselves, y'know?

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[–] onlinepersona 21 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Their military says they need it and it shouldn't be backdoored while the justice minister thinks he understands more about security and wants it backdoored. Glorious

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

This is a classic organizational problem. Different teams have opposing priorities and work against each other (or even against the overall good for the people thet service).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

There's also the classic problem of politicians believing they understand a technical or social field better than the entire world's experts in that field.