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[SWE] Swedish government wants a back door in Signal (www.svt.se)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Swedish government wants a back door in signal for police and 'Säpo' (Swedish federation that checks for spies)

Let's say that this becomes a law and Signal decides to withdraw from Sweden as they clearly state that they won't implement a back door; would a citizen within the country still be able to use and access Signals services? Assuming that google play services probably would remove the Signal app within Sweden (which I also don't use)

I just want the government to go f*ck themselves, y'know?

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I did not expect this from Sweden.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Sweden is bizarre sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

I most definitely did.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

I'm sure there's some exterior influence.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They can't deal with the influx of criminals due to mass immigration so they think this is the answer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It seems like better immigration control would be a more direct solution to that...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The damage is already done. AFAIK they stopped the flood of immigrants. The only solution would be mass deportation of legal immigrants (with citizenship) that commit crimes.