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• AntiBullyRanger@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  They refused to operate ON a country with a hostile anti encryption law as a threat.

  Signal could have mocked the France government for being authoritarian fascist censorious anti-mathematics pieces of turd, but leave USERS stuck in France with the danger of the government’s bs law.

  A metaphor for ease of comprehension: Signal threatens a farmer for hunting chicken down, by ceasing all freeing-chicken-from-the-farm operations. Not killing the farmer, but leaving the chicken without the tools to liberate themselves.

  Yes, I read Animal Farm.

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  • rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    You know they can’t legally operate there if they don’t follow the law, right?

    Pulling out is the only form of protest they have as a company. The rest is up to its users.

    Anyway, if it happened, you could still use Signal anyway, perhaps with the help of a relay like other countries who prefer spying over privacy.

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    • AntiBullyRanger@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Privacy and encryption are inalienable human rights, even in authoritarian hells like North Korea. There’s is no reason to comply with bs laws.

      If you don’t see mocking a fascist government as a form of protest, I’m not so sure how I can help you see the harm in leaving.

      That last paragraph is the problem, they know they are a line of defense for many vulnerable people in France. So leaving them to their own devices is a form of complicit acceptance.

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      • rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        There is a reason: you will be sued out of existence. And the bit about North Korea made me laugh, so thanks.

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