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It seems like a lot of these proposals are coming out of Europe—assuming I’m not mistaken (and I may well be), why is Europe cracking down so much on privacy?
Original article (in Swedish, but the interview with Whittaker is in English): https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/signal-lamnar-sverige-om-...
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> Or do they want us to believe 3-letter U.S. agencies don't have access to Signal right now? Is this some publicity stunt? [Citation needed]
Regardless, the threat vector is accessing the data before encryption anyway. And drawing attention to yourself by running certain apps and services in the first place.
There's a lot of mathematicians in maryland and those who studied the history often land on "if they want you, they got you."
Unlike a certain big tech giant who pretends to care about privacy until it cuts into their profits.
You know it's a banger proposal when even the Swedish armed forces tells you "Please don't".
They haven’t been in a war since 1814, so they’ve had lots of time to develop other competences. I hear they also make amazing sourdough and can discuss the Beatles catalog at depth.
Unlike a certain big tech giant who pretends to care about privacy until it cuts into their profits.
All of them?
> The Armed Forces, on the other hand, are negative and write in a letter to the government that the proposal cannot be realized "without introducing vulnerabilities and backdoors that can be exploited by third parties First time I am seeing an organization against this. Kudos to them for standing up.