Comment on The fediverse has a bullying problem
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 week agoThey 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.
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.
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.
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.
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 week ago
You get sued no matter what authoritarian country your tools get used in, it doesn’t mean Signal Technology Foundation han to comply with French law, as they are not beholden by their jurisdiction. That is why I used North Korea as an e.g. Kim Jong Un can’t sue the world.