[elric]

That's an interesting thread ... they claim they won't be compliant, which I applaud, but what will happen is that unwitting Signal users will end up being targeted by law enforcement. There are already precedents of people with "secure" phones or encrypted messaging apps being targeted, such as the Sky ECC case.

[pantalaimon]

If Signal can’t be installed or updated via the App Store anyone, that’s already enough to exclude 99.9% of all users - no need to involve law enforcement.

[paledot]

Fortunately, the EU is also mandating app store competition. :)

[ivan_gammel]

Only within EU which means that EU will have certain influence over those alt stores.

[elric]

My point wasn't that there was a need to involve law enforcement. My point was that overzealous law enforcement will use this as yet another excuse to crack down on people who value privacy.

[Wytwwww]

> will happen is that unwitting Signal users will end up being targeted by law enforcement

Seems like a good thing. If nothing else works at least that might bring some attention to this nonsense..

[b112]

"Signal, unwilling to implement easy to build software to comply with EU regulations, likely due to fiscal concerns, has shown itself placing profit far above the care and concerns of our next generation, our children, and the pedophiles that prey upon them, such heinous creators of child porn." signed EU press release.

And so, 96% of people now think Signal is evil.

[Wytwwww]

> And so, 96% of people now think Signal is evil.

The overwhelming majority of people living in the EU won't really care or even notice this new law/directive/(?) because they don't really pay any attention to what the EU is doing but yeah for most of of the remaining ones that will probably suffice.

[squarefoot]

Especially if the new law is very conveniently enacted during the most important sports event in the EU, with 99.99% eyeballs looking elsewhere. A very common tactic pretty much everywhere, but that doesn't make it stink less.

[nine_k]

Quoted in major tech press first, and then in non-tech press if the case becomes prominent enough to get to national news, would have a serious poisoning effect.

[raverbashing]

I find it very funny how alleged journalists don't care about potential violations of sources

Ah who am I kidding, real journalism is pretty much dead

[Engineering-MD]

Which makes no sense as it does not make any profit as a non profit and relies on donations…

[b112]

You're making my point here.

[AshamedCaptain]

Well, no different from the status quo, where police finding a PGP book at your home is like them finding the anarchist's handbook or worse.