Messaging App Signal Threatens to Leave Sweden Over Anti-Encryption Laws

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Messaging app Signal threatens to leave Sweden

The Swedish government has proposed legislation requiring messaging services to store their users' messages. The country's armed forces have recently instructed their personnel on how to use the app.

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Signal to leave Sweden if forced to create message backdoors

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Signal shuns Sweden over proposed encryption-busting laws

Experts warned the UK’s recent 'victory' over Apple would kickstart something of a domino effect

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Encryption ‘back doors’ are a bad idea

UK pressure on Apple for data access could leave the majority less safe

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The Center: No to tech backdoors in encrypted apps

The government's proposal for data storage, which wants to force encrypted apps to introduce technical backdoors for the police and Säpo, has been met with sharp criticism. “If you open back doors to the police, there are also backdoors that others could use,” says Niels Paarup-Petersen (C), spokesperson for digitalisation and cybersecurity.

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With the Narcotrafic law, Signal will leave France

The President of the Signal Foundation has publicly stated that she will no longer distribute secure messaging in countries that have passed laws to prohibit or reduce encryption.