Signal President Meredith Whittaker said the messaging app would leave the U.K. if its online safety bill weakens end-to-end encryption, the Guardian reports. "We would absolutely 100% walk rather than ever undermine the trust that people place in us to provide a truly private means of communication," Whittaker said. "We have never weakened our privacy promises, and we never would." A Home Office spokesperson said the bill does not ban encryption "but makes clear that technological changes should not be implemented in a way that diminishes public safety."
27 Feb. 2023
Messaging app will leave UK if law weakens end-to-end encryption
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